Economic and Related Aspects of Land Use on Islands: A Meta Perspective
This chapter seeks to distill the recent extensive and growing socio-economic literature on island land use and factors related to it and its changes over time, focusing on methodological aspects with a nod to major findings. This chapter covers agricultu
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Land Cover and Land Use Change on Islands Social & Ecological Threats to Sustainability
Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands Series Editors Stephen J. Walsh, Center for Galapagos Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Carlos F. Mena, UNC-USFQ Galapagos Science Center, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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Stephen J. Walsh • Diego Riveros-Iregui Javier Arce-Nazario • Philip H. Page Editors
Land Cover and Land Use Change on Islands Social & Ecological Threats to Sustainability
Editors Stephen J. Walsh Center for Galapagos Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Diego Riveros-Iregui Department of Geography University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Javier Arce-Nazario Department of Geography University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Philip H. Page Center for Galapagos Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Series Preface
In May 2011, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, USA, and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador, jointly dedicated the Galapagos Science Center, an
