Examining drivers of land use change among pastoralists in Eastern Ethiopia

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 402-413

  Aklile, Yodit ^a   Beyene, Fekadu ^a  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

agropastoral; driving forces; land use change; production systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926228252     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2013.807309     Document Type: Article

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