Evolution of land use in the Brazilian Amazon: From frontier expansion to market chain dynamics

Land

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 981-1014

  Soler, Luciana S ^a,b   Verburg, Peter H ^c   Alves, Diógenes S ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Technology and Innovation   (Brazil)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Amazon; Brazil; Deforestation frontier; Land distribution; Land use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960223584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2073445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/land3030981     Document Type: Article

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