The history of environmental change and adaptation in eastern Saloum-Senegal-Driving forces and perceptions

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 210-221

  Mbow, Cheikh ^a   Mertz, Ole ^b   Diouf, Awa ^a   Rasmussen, Kjeld ^b   Reenberg, Anette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate variability; eastern Saloum; environmental change; land use; Senegal; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MARKET; PERCEPTION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; SAHEL [ERITREA]; SALOUM; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 57049121306     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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