Is rural migration a threat to environmental sustainability in Southern Burkina Faso?

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-230

  Ouedraogo, Issa ^a   Savadogo, P ^a,b   Tigabu, M ^a   Cole, R ^c   Oden P C ^a   Ouadba, J M ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Fuel wood; Land use change; Migration; Population growth; Wood cutting

Indexed keywords

BURKINA FASO; FUEL WOOD; LAND USE CHANGE; MIGRATION; POPULATION GROWTH; WOOD CUTTING;

DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; RAIN; SURVEYS; WOOD;

LAND USE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTION; IMMIGRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION PRESSURE; RURAL SOCIETY; SUSTAINABILITY;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CUTTING; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FUEL WOOD; GROWTH; LAND USE; RAIN; SURVEYS; WOOD;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SISSILI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 68649096664     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.910     Document Type: Article

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