Rescaling of access and property relations in a frontier landscape: Insights from Jambi, Indonesia

Professional Geographer

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 380-389

  Hein, Jonas ^a   Adiwibowo, Soeryo ^b   Dittrich, Christoph ^a   Rosyani, ^c   Soetarto, Endriatmo ^b   Faust, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITAS JAMBI   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Indonesia; Land conflicts; Politics of scale; Property relations

Indexed keywords

FRONTIER REGION; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; PLANTATION; POLITICS; PROTECTED AREA;

INDONESIA; JAMBI [INDONESIA];

ELAEIS;

EID: 84945561277     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2015.1089105     Document Type: Article

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