Land Regularization in Brazil and the Global Land Grab

Development and Change

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 261-283

  De L T Oliveira, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; CIVIL SOCIETY; DEFORESTATION; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; HETEROGENEITY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP; PUBLIC SPACE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84875075198     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dech.12009     Document Type: Article

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