Land health surveillance and response: A framework for evidence-informed land management

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-106

  Shepherd, Keith D ^a   Shepherd, Gemma ^b   Walsh, Markus G ^c  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Assessment; Diagnostic screening; Intervention evaluation; Land degradation; Preventive measures; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EID: 84911864273     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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