Evaluating ethnopedological knowledge systems for classifying soil quality. A case study in Bo Hamlet with Muong People of Northern Vietnam

Geographical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-38

  Trung, Nguyen Dai ^a,b   Verdoodt, Ann ^b   Dusar, Michiel ^c   Van, TranTan ^a   Van Ranst, Eric ^b  

^a Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources   (Viet Nam)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Land degradation; Mountain karst; Muong people; Participatory approach; Soil quality assessment; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HUMUS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HOA BINH; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 38949108098     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00489.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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