Fragmentation Patterns in Land Reform Settlements in the Brazilian Amazon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12165143 |
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| Authors | Chuyuan Wang (0000-0002-6381-6424, Kansas State University), Marcellus M Caldas (0000-0003-3086-7054, Kansas State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 742-758 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society & Natural Resources (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-1920 • E-ISSN: 1521-0723 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08941920.2014.905889 |
| OpenAlex | W2040829864 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 47 |
Direct action land reform (DALR) and settlement formation are new drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. However, until now no research has paid attention to fragmentation patterns and the social processes that lead to them. This article analyzes two types of settlements, spontaneous and social movement organization-led settlements. The study uses neutral landscape models (NLMs) to compare simulated landscapes with the real fragmentation patterns found in DALR settlements. In sequence, the article uses landscape metrics to analyze the temporal and spatial dynamics of fragmentation patterns in these two types of DALR settlements. Results showed that there are significant differences between real landscape patterns and simulated landscapes using NLMs. In other words, human interferences did play a significant role in shaping deforestation patches in DALR settlements. Our metric results revealed a process in which deforestation patch mean area, shape complexity, and physical connectedness increase over time
Amazon rainforest · Archaeology · Deforestation (computer science · Economic geography · Environmental resource management · Forest fragmentation · Fragmentation (computing · Geography · Habitat · Human settlement · Computer Science · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Science · Land Rights and Reforms · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Ecology
Contested frontiers in Amazonia
Landscape Ecology
Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Biodiversity
Space in Contentious Politics
The social viability and environmental sustainability of direct action land reform settlements in the Amazon
Land use and land cover dynamics in the Brazilian Amazon
The forest conversion process
Household Life Cycles and Secondary Forest Cover Among Small Farm Colonists in the Amazon
Doing it for Themselves
Deforestation and Cattle Ranching in the Brazilian Amazon
Agrarian Reform in the Brazilian Amazon
Land Use and Land Cover Change in Forest Frontiers
Household demographic factors as life cycle determinants of land use in the Amazon
This Land Is Ours Now
Contentious Land Change in the Amazon's Arc of Deforestation
Dynamics of Contention (Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics)
Brazil's Amazon settlement schemes
Edible Ideology? Survival Strategies in Brazilian Land-Reform Settlements
Agrarian Moral Economies and Neoliberalism in Brazil
Unofficial Road Building in the Amazon
Intraregional Migration, Direct Action Land Reform, and New Land Settlements in the Brazilian Amazon
From Sustainable Development to 'Productive Conservation
Smallholder Livelihoods, Wealth and Deforestation in the Eastern Amazon
| Highly cited | No |
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