Searching for a better life: Peri-urban migration in western Para State, Brazil

Geographical Review

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 294-309

  Macdonald, Trilby ^a   Winklerprins, Antoinette M G A ^b  

^a Ann Arbor ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Caboclos; Colonos; Migration; Peri urban interface

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; INTERNAL MIGRATION; PERIURBAN AREA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SMALLHOLDER; URBANIZATION;

BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL];

EID: 84904634906     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: 19310846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2014.12027.x     Document Type: Article

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