Environmental consequences of the demise in swidden cultivation in montane mainland southeast asia: Hydrology and geomorphology

Human Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-373

  Ziegler, Alan D ^a   Bruun, Thilde B ^b   Guardiola Claramonte, Maite ^c   Giambelluca, Thomas W ^d   Lawrence, Deborah ^e   Thanh Lam, Nguyen ^f  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Degradation; Drought; Erosion; Fertilizer; Flood; Landslides; Opium; Pesticides; Rainfall; Roads; Shifting cultivation; Slash and burn agriculture; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

CASH CROPPING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; FALLOW; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSLIDE; MONOCULTURE; MONTANE FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 67651149468     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-009-9258-x     Document Type: Article

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