Changing land use/cover patterns and implications for sustainable environmental management in the Irangi Hills, central Tanzania

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-461

  Kangalawe, R Y M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Irangi Hills; Land degradation; Land use cover changes; Soil conservation; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; PERCEPTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

DODOMA [TANZANIA]; IRANGI HILLS; TANZANIA;

EID: 77954423428     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-009-9204-5     Document Type: Article

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