Land Cover Transition in Northern Tanzania

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 682-692

  Ouedraogo, Issa ^a,b   Barron, Jennie ^b,c   Tumbo, Siza D ^d   Kahimba, Frederic C ^d  

^a World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)   (Burkina Faso)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^d SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Agro ecological transformation; Land use change; Systematic transition; Tanzania; Water harvesting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CROPS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LAND USE; RUNOFF; VEGETATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; SYSTEMATIC TRANSITION; TANZANIA; WATER HARVESTING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HARVESTING; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE;

PANGANI RIVER; TANZANIA;

EID: 84948138307     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2461     Document Type: Article

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