Agricultural livelihood transition in the southern Yucatán region: Diverging paths and their accompanying land changes

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-218

  Radel, Claudia ^a   Schmook, Birgit ^b   Chowdhury, Rinku Roy ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Land change; Land use; Livelihoods; Mexico; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956177587     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0113-9     Document Type: Article

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