The population, agriculture, and environment nexus in Latin America: Country-level evidence from the latter half of the twentieth century

Population and Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 222-246

  Carr, David L ^a   Lopez, Anna Carla ^a   Bilsborrow, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Deforestation; Demography; Environment; Land cover; Land use; Latin America; LUCC; Migration; Population

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MIGRATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 75549090120     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-009-0090-4     Document Type: Article

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