Population and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: A mediating perspective and a mixed-method analysis

Population and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-112

  Sydenstricker Neto, John ^a  

^a CEBRAP and UFMG   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon; Deforestation; Fuzzy sets; Land use land cover change; Mediating factors; Mixed method analysis; Population pressure; Rondonia

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION PRESSURE; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; RONDONIA;

EID: 84865820039     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-012-0173-5     Document Type: Article

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