Consequences of out-migration for land use in rural Ecuador

Land Use Policy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 182-191

  Gray, Clark L ^a   Bilsborrow, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Forest transition; Land use; Migration; Remittances

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION DECLINE; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POPULATION;

ECUADOR; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84884406518     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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