Continuity and change: Spatiotemporal land use dynamics on Bellona Island, Solomon Islands

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-40

  Birch Thomsen, Torben ^a   Reenberg, Anette ^a   Mertz, Ole ^a   Fog, Bjarne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agricultural strategies; Land use; Livelihood; Population; Shifting cultivation; Solomon Islands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; GLOBALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)];

EID: 77955258835     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2010.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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