Collapse and Recovery in Sahelian Agro-pastoral Systems: Rethinking Trajectories of Change

We discuss the adaptive cycle heuristic as a potential platform for describing the functioning and directions of change in Sahelian land use systems. Specifically, the aim is to go beyond the simplified narrative of a vicious circle of land degradation and land expansion prompted by population press...

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Main Authors: Laura Vang Rasmussen, Anette Reenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2012-03-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol17/iss1/art14/