The Ecological Crisis in Chiapas: A Case Study from Central America
Most landscapes in Chiapas were recently subjected to a change in land use that has caused various environmental problems in a highland-lowland interactive system. In the Soconusco coastal plain, cash crops with long dry fallow periods caused a decline in precipitation, whereas in the lower escarpme...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Mountain Research and Development. - International Mountain Society. - 20(2000), 4, Seite 332-339 |
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| Sprache: | English |
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2000
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Mountain Research and Development |
| Schlagworte: | Ecological crisis Highland-lowland system Coffee Water balance Political ecology Chiapas Mexico Environmental studies Physical sciences Social sciences |
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