Drivers and impacts of land-use change in the Maasai Steppe of northern Tanzania: An ecological, social and political analysis

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 261-281

  Msoffe, Fortunata U ^a,b   Kifugo, Shem C ^a   Said, Mohammed Y ^a   Neselle, Moses Ole ^a   van Gardingen, Paul ^b   Reid, Robin S ^c   Ogutu, Joseph O ^a   Herero, Mario ^a   de Leeuw, Jan ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; drivers of change; land use change; landscape fragmentation; semi arid environment; spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STEPPE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

TANZANIA;

EID: 80053052278     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2010.511682     Document Type: Article

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