Farming at the forest frontier: Land use and landscape change in western Madagascar, 1896-2005

Environment and History

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 499-524

  Scales, Ivan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Environmental narratives; Forest history; Madagascar; Slash and burn

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BIODIVERSITY; CASH CROPPING; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAIZE; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

MADAGASCAR; MENABE; TOLIARA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861652056     PISSN: 09673407     EISSN: 17527023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096734011X13150366551481     Document Type: Review

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