Land cover change and its relation with population dynamics in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 453-462

  Ouedraogo, I ^a   Tigabu, M ^a   Savadogo, P ^a,b   Compaore H ^b   Oden P C ^a   Ouadba, J M ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Burkina faso; Change detection; Dry forest; Ecosystem management; Rural migration

Indexed keywords

BURKINA FASO; CHANGE DETECTION; DRY FORESTS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; RURAL MIGRATION;

AGRICULTURE; CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORRELATION; DRY FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MIGRATION; PASTURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION SIZE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 79961229112     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.981     Document Type: Article

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