Intra-regional variation in land use and livelihood change during a forest transition in Costa Rica's dry North West

Land Use Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-130

  McLennan, Blythe ^a   Garvin, Theresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Forest transitions; Neoliberal globalization; Sustainability; Sustainable livelihoods

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBALIZATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NEOLIBERALISM; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 80051574375     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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