Natural and human-induced environmental changes in the semi-arid distal reaches of botswana's okavango delta

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-78

  Hamandawana, H ^a   Chanda, R ^a   Eckardt, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Long term monitoring; Okavango Delta; Semi arid environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980010879     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17474230701218855     Document Type: Article

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