Demographic change and land use transitions

New Perspectives on Agri-Environmental Policies: A Multidisciplinary and Transatlantic Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 13-40

  Findeis, Jill L ^a   Brasier, Kathryn ^a   Du Bois, Rodrigo Salcedo ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203867808     Document Type: Chapter

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