title: Frontiers of change: the reasons behind land-use change in the Mekong Basin.
abstract: Land-use change processes are commonly understood as simplified cause-effect relationships, which, in turn, support many environment-development policies. This paper uses wide-ranging evidence from a number of global case studies to challenge some of the prevailing "myths" around land-use change in the Mekong Basin and supports the conclusion that the simple explanations found in population growth, poverty, and infrastructure studies rarely provide an adequate understanding of land-use change.
authors.affiliation: prowcroft@gmail.com
authors.forename: Petrina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rowcroft
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D006801:Humans; D011158:Population Growth; D011203:Poverty