Environmental Cognitions, Land Change and Social-Ecological Feedbacks: Local Case Studies of Forest Transition in Vietnam

Human Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 367-392

  Meyfroidt, Patrick ^a,b  

^a FNRS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Ecosystem services; Land use change; Reforestation; Shifting cultivation; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

VIET NAM;

EID: 84878810806     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-012-9560-x     Document Type: Article

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