Population densities and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: New insights on the current human settlement patterns

Applied Geography

Volumn 76, Issue , 2016, Pages 163-172

  Tritsch, Isabelle ^a   Le Tourneau, François Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ SORBONNE NOUVELLE PARIS 3   (France)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon; Deforestation; Human settlement patterns; Population density; Spatial analysis; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATTLE; DEFORESTATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RANCHING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

BOS;

EID: 84988835975     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.09.022     Document Type: Article

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