Population and deforestation: why rural migration matters

被引:136
作者
Carr, David [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Geog, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
关键词
conservation; deforestation; demography; land use/cover change (LUCC); migration; population; LAND-USE; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; PLACE UTILITY; DYNAMICS; DEGRADATION; HOUSEHOLDS; IMPACT; COLONIZATION;
D O I
10.1177/0309132508096031
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
This paper reviews the state of knowledge in, and develops a conceptual model for, researching frontier migration in the developing world with a focus on Latin America. Since only a small fraction moves to forest frontiers, identifying people and place characteristics associated with frontier migration could usefully inform policies aimed at forest conservation and rural development. Yet population scholars train their efforts on urban and international migration while land use/cover change researchers pay scant attention to these migration flows which directly antecede the most salient footprint of human occupation on the earth's surface: the conversion of forest to agricultural land.
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页码:355 / 378
页数:24
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