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Participation in rural land rental markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: who benefits and by how much? Evidence from Malawi and Zambia
(Oxford University PressAgricultural and Applied Economics AssociationWiley, 2016)
Agriculture adjustment, land-use transition and protected areas in Northwestern Argentina
(Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, 2009-02)
Land-use change is the main component of regional environmental change, while protected areas represent a direct land use policy to prevent its potentially negative effects on biodiversity and environmental services. We ...
Is aridity restricting deforestation and land uses in the South American Dry Chaco?
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-07)
In this paper, we explored how aridity influences the regional deforestation and land-use patterns (i.e. crops/pastures) in South American Dry Chaco. To do this, we contrasted land use during last decade (2001–2012) with ...
Future land use conflicts: Comparing spatial scenarios for urban-regional planning
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2022)
Latin America's intensive urbanization processes are triggering rapid peri-urban transformations and the expansion of cities. These include accelerated metropolization processes, urban sprawl, and the emergence of new ...
A development study : Hermitage (Stollmeyer) Estate, Claxton Bay. (Development planning series ; no. T.7/1.)
(Town and Country Planning Division., 2011-09-06)
Describes the proposed development of the Hermitage Estate for urban, recreational, commercial, industrial and residential uses, including data on its natural features, land use, development constraints and potential, ...
Agricultural production and bird conservation in complex landscapes of the dry Chaco
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-06)
The South American dry Chaco is a mosaic of woody vegetation and grasslands with high deforestation rates in recent decades. Considering forests and grasslands as the main natural habitats, we assessed the trade-offs between ...
Quantifying the impacts of ecological restoration on biodiversity and ecosystem services in agroecosystems: A global meta-analysis
(Elsevier Science, 2015-03)
Landscape transformation due to agriculture affects more than 40% of the planet´s land area and is the most important driver of losses of biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) worldwide. Ecological restoration may ...
The effects of land use at different spatial scales on instream features in agricultural streams
(2017-07-01)
The conversion of forests into agriculture has been identified as a key process for stream homogenization. However, the effects of this conversion can be scale-dependent. In this context, our aim was to identify the influence ...