Role of land tenure security and farm household characteristics on land use change in the Prasae Watershed, Thailand

Land Use Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-224

  Wannasai, Nareeluck ^a   Shrestha, Rajendra P ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Driving forces; GIS; Household characteristics; Land tenure security; Land use change; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; FARM SIZE; GIS; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; EURASIA; PRASAE BASIN; RAYONG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 38849114370     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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