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Is there Really Spare Land? A Critique of Estimates of Available Cultivable Land in Developing Countries

Young, Anthony·1999·Environment Development and Sustainability

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Authors: Young, A.
Affiliations: University of East Anglia (GB)
Corresponding author: Young, Anthony
ORCID: Young, Anthony
Venue: Environment Development and Sustainability
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 1999-03
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 3-18
ISSN: 1387-585X (ISSN-L)
1573-2975
DOI: 10.1023/a:1010055012699
OpenAlex: W1560923330
Cited by: 170
References: 21
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FWCI: 28.78
Type: journal article
Language: en
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Locations: Environment Development and Sustainability (publishedVersion)
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Topics: Social Sciences › Development › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
Keywords: land balance, land use, food security, population growth, developing countries, land use change, food production capacity

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