Land Fragmentation and Cropland Abandonment in Albania: Implications for the Roles of State and Community in Post-Socialist Land Consolidation

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1411-1423

  Sikor, Thomas ^a   Müller, Daniel ^b   Stahl, Johannes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Albania; Central and Eastern Europe; land consolidation; land fragmentation; land tenure; land use

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND TENURE; LAND USE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE ROLE;

ALBANIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649427859     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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