Integrated analysis of land use changes and their impacts on agrarian livelihoods in the western highlands of Kenya

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Mutoko, Morgan C ^a,b   Hein, Lars ^b   Bartholomeus, Harm ^c  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Centrum Geo Informatie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Integrated knowledge; Landscape dynamics; Livelihoods; Remote sensing; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899915890     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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