Land Economics
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The Causes of Land Degradation along "Spontaneously" Expanding Agricultural Frontiers in the Third World
Douglas Southgate
Land Economics
Vol. 66, No. 1 (Feb., 1990), pp. 93-101 (9 pages)
Published By: University of Wisconsin Press
Land Economics
https://doi.org/10.2307/3146686
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3146686
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Land Economics is dedicated to the study of land use, natural resources, public utilities, housing, and urban land issues. Established in 1925 by the renowned economist Richard T. Ely, LE publishes innovative, conceptual, and empirical research of direct relevance to economists. Each issue brings the latest results in international applied research on such topics as transportation, energy, urban and rural land use, housing, environmental quality, public utilities, and natural resources.

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The University of Wisconsin Press, a division of the UW-Madison Graduate School, has published more than 3000 titles, and currently has more than 1500 scholarly, regional, and general interest books in print. The Press publishes ten peer-reviewed academic and professional journals in the humanities, social sciences, and medicine. See the Journals Division Web site for more information.

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