Road Mapping: Megaprojects and Land Grabs in the Northern Guatemalan Lowlands

Development and Change

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-259

  Grandia, Liza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PETEN;

BOS;

EID: 84875082856     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dech.12020     Document Type: Article

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