Land-use decision-making after large-scale forest fires: Analyzing fires as a driver of deforestation in Laguna del Tigre National Park, Guatemala

Applied Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 43-52

  Monzón Alvarado, Claudia ^a,b   Cortina Villar, Sergio ^b   Schmook, Birgit ^b   Flamenco Sandoval, Alejandro ^c   Christman, Zachary ^d   Arriola, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^d MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Guatemala; Household survey; Land use change; Maya Forest; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRE; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH WORK;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; LAGUNA DEL TIGRE NATIONAL PARK; MAYA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; PETEN;

EID: 84862203440     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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