Eroding battlefields: Land degradation in Java reconsidered

Geoforum

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 87-100

  Lukas, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest and watershed management; Historical political ecology; Indonesia; Land conflicts; Land use and land cover change (LUCC); Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL HISTORY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL EROSION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE;

CENTRAL JAVA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; JAVA; SEGARA ANAKAN LAGOON; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84904891926     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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