Land Use Evolution in Hill Regions of the Dominican RepublicFootnote∗

∗A grant from the Inter-American Foundation helped support field research during September–December of 1989. This study forms part of a nationwide study of land use and food production in the Dominican Republic. “El Uso del Suelo y Producción de Alimentos en La República Dominicana” is a collaborative project of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies (Centro de Estudios Urbanos y Regionales) housed at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago, Dominican Republic, and the Center for Remote Sensing (Centre d'applications et de recherches en télédétection) located at the University of Sherbrooke, Canada. The authors gratefully acknowledge the important theoretical contribution and vital logistical support provided by the “Uso del Suelo” project team: Rafael E. Yunén, Pedro Juan del Rosario, Freekye Olivo, Helmut Schorgmayer, Santiago Rossi, Roman Paquette, and Luc St.-Pierre. Maps were produced at the Center for Cartographic Research and Spatial Analysis, Michigan State University.

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• ∗A grant from the Inter-American Foundation helped support field research during September–December of 1989. This study forms part of a nationwide study of land use and food production in the Dominican Republic. “El Uso del Suelo y Producción de Alimentos en La República Dominicana” is a collaborative project of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies (Centro de Estudios Urbanos y Regionales) housed at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago, Dominican Republic, and the Center for Remote Sensing (Centre d'applications et de recherches en télédétection) located at the University of Sherbrooke, Canada. The authors gratefully acknowledge the important theoretical contribution and vital logistical support provided by the “Uso del Suelo” project team: Rafael E. Yunén, Pedro Juan del Rosario, Freekye Olivo, Helmut Schorgmayer, Santiago Rossi, Roman Paquette, and Luc St.-Pierre. Maps were produced at the Center for Cartographic Research and Spatial Analysis, Michigan State University.
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