Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3465-3472

  Lambin, Eric F ^a,b   Meyfroidt, Patrick ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Forest transition; Land change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOREST; GLOBALIZATION; LAND USE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INTERNATIONALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

EID: 79952772074     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100480108     Document Type: Review

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