The Role of Proximate and other Determinants in Ghana's Fertility Transition
In: African population studies: Etude de la Population Africaine, Band 22, Heft 2
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In: African population studies: Etude de la Population Africaine, Band 22, Heft 2
In: Africa development: a quarterly journal of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa = Afrique et développement, Band 32, Heft 2
ISSN: 0850-3907
In: Africa development: quarterly journal of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa = Afrique et développement : revue trimestrielle du Conseil pour le Développement de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales en Afrique, Band 32, Heft 2
ISSN: 2521-9863
Land is a very important asset and a means to sustain livelihood. In the face of a rapidly growing global population, increase in technological capacity, and affluence, the earth's land cover has been transformed, especially in developing countries. At the same time, social organisation, attitudes, and values have also undergone profound changes. In contemporary times, issues of sustainable development, pollution prevention, global environmental change and related issues of human-environment interaction have been a major concern globally. This concern has largely been sparked by the phenomenon of global warming and its consequences, which are threatening the very existence of humans on the surface of the earth. Remotely sensed data (mainly from aerial photographs and satellite images) in combination with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have been observed to have potential scientific value for the study of population-environment interaction. This paper provides an account of how Remote Sensing, GIS, census (mainly population and agricultural) and socioeconomic (household, district and regional) survey data have been integrated in studying the population land-use/cover nexus in Ghana. It also identifies the major methodological challenges, and solutions.
In: Research Review of the Institute of African Studies, Band 20, Heft 2
ISSN: 0855-4412
In: Journal of population research, Band 34, Heft 4, S. 313-325
ISSN: 1835-9469
In: Population and environment: a journal of interdisciplinary studies, Band 33, Heft 1, S. 80-107
ISSN: 1573-7810
In: Population and environment: a journal of interdisciplinary studies, Band 35, Heft 4, S. 341-364
ISSN: 1573-7810
In: Africa today, Band 60, Heft 1, S. 99-124
ISSN: 0001-9887
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In: Population and environment: a journal of interdisciplinary studies, Band 39, Heft 2, S. 128-146
ISSN: 1573-7810
In: Social sciences series 5
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