Integrated land-change science and tropical deforestation in the southern Yucatan : final frontiers / / edited by B.L. Turner II, Jacqueline Geoghegan and David R. Foster

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 320 pages, 4 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
• Disciplina: 333.75/137/09726; 333.7513709726
• Soggetto topico: Deforestation - Mexico - Yucatan; Land use - Mexico - Yucatan
• Altri autori: TurnerB. L <1945-> (Billie Lee) GeogheganJacqueline Mary FosterDavid R. <1954->
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2004.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Color Plates; List of Figures; List of Tables; The Editors; The Contributors; 1. Three Frontiers of the Southern Yucatán Peninsular Region and SYPR Project; PART I. HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT HISTORY IN THE SOUTHERN YUCATÁN PENINSULAR REGION; PART II. LAND-COVER CHARACTERISTICS AND CHANGE; PART III. AGENTS AND INSTITUTIONS OF LAND CHANGE: HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY AND CULTIVATION; PART IV. SPATIAL MODELING OF LAND CHANGE: EMPIRICAL APPROACHES IN DATA-SPARSE ENVIRONMENTS; Retrospective: The Three Frontiers Revisited; Glossary and Acronyms; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This highly topical study of tropical deforestation reports on the first phase of a large, integrated, multi-institutional and team-based study in Mexico.
• Titolo autorizzato: Integrated land-change science and tropical deforestation in the southern Yucatán
• ISBN: 0-19-191751-6; 1-280-84671-2; 0-19-151428-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809032603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Clarendon lectures in geography and environmental studies.