Between two hypes: Will "big data" help unravel blind spots in understanding the "global land rush?"

Geoforum

Volumn 69, Issue , 2016, Pages 147-159

  Zoomers, Annelies ^a   Gekker, Alex ^a   Schäfer, Mirko Tobias ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Big data; Development; Hypes; Land grab; Large scale land acquisition

Indexed keywords

LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; LANDOWNERSHIP; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL LANDSCAPE;

AFRICA;

EID: 84955201900     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.11.017     Document Type: Article

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