The demise of Swidden in Southeast Asia? Local realities and regional ambiguities

Folia Geographica Danica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-41

  Padoch, Christine ^a   Coffey, Kevin ^b   Mertz, Ole ^c   Leisz, Stephen J ^c,d   Fox, Jefferson ^e   Wadley, Reed L ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^e EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use change; Land use classification; Land use policy; Shifting cultivation; Southeast Asia; Upland farming

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548229360     PISSN: 00716693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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