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The social viability and environmental sustainability of direct action land reform settlements in the Amazon

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  • Flávia Leite
  • Marcellus Caldas
  • Cynthia Simmons
  • Stephen Perz
  • Stephen Aldrich
  • Robert Walker

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  • Flávia Leite & Marcellus Caldas & Cynthia Simmons & Stephen Perz & Stephen Aldrich & Robert Walker, 2011. "The social viability and environmental sustainability of direct action land reform settlements in the Amazon," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 13(4), pages 773-788, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:13:y:2011:i:4:p:773-788
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-011-9289-5
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    4. Stephen P. Aldrich & Robert T. Walker & Eugenio Y. Arima & Marcellus M. Caldas & John O. Browder & Stephen Perz, 2006. "Land-Cover and Land-Use Change in the Brazilian Amazon: Smallholders, Ranchers, and Frontier Stratification," Economic Geography, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 82(3), pages 265-288, July.
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