Human dimensions of land use and land cover change related to civil unrest in the Imatong Mountains of South Sudan

Applied Geography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-75

  Gorsevski, Virginia ^a   Geores, Martha ^a   Kasischke, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Fire; Forest; Land use; Mountains; Participatory planning; South Sudan; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WILDFIRE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

SUDAN;

EID: 84871744669     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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