The political ecology of land degradation

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 36, Issue , 2011, Pages 295-319

  Andersson, Elina ^a   Brogaard, Sara ^a   Olsson, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

africa; china; desertification; nutrient depletion; policy

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CHINA; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; INTERNATIONAL POLICIES; LAND DEGRADATION; MARKET MECHANISMS; NUTRIENT DEPLETION; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; POLITICAL ECOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; PUBLIC POLICY;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 80155174966     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-033110-092827     Document Type: Review

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