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Natural and human impact on land use change of the Sikkimese-Bhutanese Himalayan Piedmont, India Cover

Natural and human impact on land use change of the Sikkimese-Bhutanese Himalayan Piedmont, India

Quaestiones Geographicae
Volume 31 (2012): Issue 3 (October 2012)
By: Paweł Prokop and  Subir Sarkar  
Open Access
|Oct 2012

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10117-012-0010-z | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
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Language: English
Page range: 63 - 75
Published on: Oct 21, 2012
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
deforestation,
tea garden,
paddy,
fluvial activity,
GIS
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography

© 2012 Paweł Prokop, Subir Sarkar, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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