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The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths

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Lambin, Eric F., Turner, B.L., Geist, Helmut J., Agbola, Samuel B., Angelsen, Arild, Bruce, John W., Coomes, Oliver T., Dirzo, Rodolfo +18 more·2001·Global Environmental Change

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Lambin, E. F., Turner, B. L., Geist, H. J., Agbola, S. B., Angelsen, A., Bruce, J. W., Coomes, O. T., Dirzo, R., Fischer, G., Folke, C., George, P. S., Homewood, K., Imbernon, J., Leemans, R., Li, X., Moran, E. F., Mortimore, M., Ramakrishnan, P. S., Richards, J. F., Skånes, H., Steffen, W., Stone, G. D., Svedin, U., Veldkamp, T. A., Vogel, C., & Xu, J.
Affiliations
  • Clark University (US)
  • UCLouvain (BE)
  • University of Ibadan (NG)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • McGill University (CA)
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
  • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (AT)
  • Stockholm University (SE)
  • Centre For Development Studies (IN)
  • University College London (GB)
  • Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (FR)
  • National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Indiana University Bloomington (US)
  • Drylands Research (GB)
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University (IN)
  • Duke University (US)
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (SE)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
  • Kunming Institute of Botany (CN)
Venue
Global Environmental Change
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2001-12
Volume
11
Issue
4
Pages
261-269
ISSN
0959-3780 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2157154835
Cited by
3,788
References
84
Citations by year
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FWCI
36.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Global Environmental Change (publishedVersion)
  • University of Twente Research Information (publishedVersion)
  • Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
  • Agritrop (Cirad) (submittedVersion)
  • CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) (submittedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Libraries (submittedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Twente Research Information (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
Keywords
land use change, land cover change, population pressure, poverty, economic opportunities, institutional factors, global forces

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