Forest Transitions in Mosaic Landscapes: Smallholder's Flexibility in Land-Resource Use Decisions and Livelihood Strategies From World War II to the Present in the Amazon Estuary

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1043-1058

  Vogt, Nathan D ^a   Pinedo Vasquez, Miguel ^b   Brondízio, Eduardo S ^c   Almeida, Oriana ^d   Rivero, Sergio ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

adaptation; Amazon estuary; forest transitions; land use change; resilience; social ecological systems; sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; ESTUARY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

AMAZON ESTUARY; BRAZIL;

EID: 84941730734     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2015.1014603     Document Type: Article

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