Migration, land use and forest change in St. Lucia, West Indies

Land Use Policy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2016, Pages 290-300

  Walters, Bradley B ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Forest transition; Migration; Reforestation; Return migration

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; POST-WAR; REFORESTATION; RETURN MIGRATION;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84949309856     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.11.025     Document Type: Article

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