Community-Based Rehabilitation of Mountain Terraces in Cyprus

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 95-105

  Zoumides, Christos ^a   Bruggeman, Adriana ^a   Giannakis, Elias ^a   Camera, Corrado ^a   Djuma, Hakan ^a   Eliades, Marinos ^a   Charalambous, Katerina ^a  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

dry stone terraces; Mediterranean mountains; participatory action research; soil erosion; sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LAND USE; REFORESTATION;

COMMUNITY BASED APPROACH; COMMUNITY-BASED REHABILITATION; MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAINS; ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE; PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH; REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTS;

LANDFORMS;

ACTION PLAN; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PROFITABILITY; SOIL EROSION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERRACE;

CYPRUS;

EID: 84980000147     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2586     Document Type: Article

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