Agricultural land conversion drivers: A comparison between less developed, developing and developed countries

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 596-604

  Azadi, H ^a   Ho, P ^a   Hasfiati, L ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural land conversion; Industrialization; Land policy; Population growth; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WORLD BANK;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAND USE PLANNING; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WORLD BANK;

EID: 81855168230     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1037     Document Type: Article

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