Global Projects

Summary

The primary objective for this project is to examine some of the complex multidimensional relationships between population and environment dynamics in a tropical rainforest context that is undergoing substantial change due to the advance of the agricultural frontier. Three interrelated Aims are proposed to examine demographic, socioeconomic, institutional, and ecological factors: (i) Determine factors associated with the spatial distribution of family households overtime; (ii) Determine factors associated with changing household fertility overtime; (iii) Decompose changes in land use and land cover over time into factors related to population growth, location / proximity to communities / markets, year of farm establishment, natural resources, and wealth.