Roads, petroleum and accessibility: The case of eastern Ecuador

GeoJournal

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 675-695

  Baynard, Chris W ^a   Ellis, James M ^a   Davis, Hattie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Ecuador; Exploration and production (E P); Land use land cover; Oil; Roads

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ECUADOR; EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTIONS; LAND COVER; OIL; ROADS;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; LINEAR REGRESSION; OIL WELL LOGGING;

TRANSPORTATION;

GIS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; OIL FIELD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; OIL; ROADS;

ECUADOR;

EID: 84882851484     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-012-9459-5     Document Type: Article

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