Deforestation in the Buea-Limbe and Bertoua regions in southern Cameroon (1984-2000): Modernization, world-systems, and neo-Malthusian outlook

GeoJournal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 443-458

  Mbatu, Richard ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Deforestation; Land cover change; Modernization; Neo Malthusian; World systems

Indexed keywords

CAMEROON; FOREST COVER; FOREST LOSS; LAND-COVER CHANGE; MALTHUSIAN; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STUDY AREAS; WORLD-SYSTEMS;

ECONOMICS; LANDFORMS; MODERNIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SAILING VESSELS;

DEFORESTATION;

DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MALTHUSIAN THEORY; MODERNIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CAMEROON; DATA PROCESSING; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTS; LAND USE; MODERNIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; VESSELS;

CAMEROON;

EID: 78649334877     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-009-9312-7     Document Type: Article

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