Shifting cultivation stability and change: Contrasting pathways of land use and livelihood change in Laos

Applied Geography

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Vongvisouk, Thoumthone ^a,b   Mertz, Ole ^a   Thongmanivong, Sithong ^b   Heinimann, Andreas ^c,d   Phanvilay, Khamla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d NCCR North South   (Laos)

Author keywords

Cash crops; Land policies; Land use change; Lao PDR; Livelihood; Swidden

Indexed keywords

CASH CROPPING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; LAND USE CHANGE; RURAL POLICY; RURAL SOCIETY; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

LAOS;

EID: 84887397786     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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