Uneven development and accumulation by dispossession in nature conservation: Comparing recent trends in the Azores and Tanzania

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-179

  Neves, Katja ^a   Igoe, Jim ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation by dispossession; Azores; Capitalism; Conservation; Tanzania; Uneven development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858651333     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2012.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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