Extended families and demographic explanations for land use-cover change in the Brazilian Amazon

We present models for forest, secondary succession, annual crops, perennials and pastu re. Explanatory variables feature nine demographic factors with five others controlling for exogenous forces. The findings show strong effects for family dynamics and spatial distribution variables in many equations. Time on lot (cohort effect), the complexity of family structure (age effect) and so cial integration into urban fabric (spatial effect) are demographic processes that deserve further attention in land use studies.
Source: Population and Environment - Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research