Classifying land-ownership motivations in central, Texas, USA: A first step in understanding drivers of large-scale land cover change

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-64

  Sorice, M G ^a   Kreuter, U P ^b   Wilcox, B P ^b   Fox, W E ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive ecosystem management; Amenity migration; Cultural shift; Land ownership; Motivations; Resilience; Rural lands; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AMENITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURAL CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; INVESTMENT; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDOWNERSHIP; LIFESTYLE; RANCHING; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; WATERSHED;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857371990     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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