Causal chains, policy trade offs and sustainability: Analysing land (mis)use in seven countries in the South

Land Use Policy

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-70

  Nesheim, Ingrid ^a   Reidsma, Pytrik ^b   Bezlepkina, Irina ^b   Verburg, René ^b   Abdeladhim, Mohamed Arbi ^c   Bursztyn, Marcel ^d   Chen, Le ^b   Cissé, Youssouf ^e   Feng, Shuyi ^f   Gicheru, Patrick ^g   Hannes, Jochen König ^h   Novira, Nina ⁱ   Purushothaman, Seema ^j   Rodrigues Filho, Saulo ^d   Sghaier, Mongi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^e Institut d'Economie Rurale Mali   (Mali)

^f NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^h LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

ⁱ GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^j ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

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Author keywords

Causal chains; Land use change; Policy trade offs; Science policy interaction; Sustainable development; The DPSIR framework

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; IMMIGRATION; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE; POLICY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

BRAZIL; CHINA; INDIA; INDONESIA; KENYA; MALI; TUNISIA;

EID: 84888262379     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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