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Michael Mortimore

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48

Publications

6.9K

Citations

28

H-Index

1969

Active since

Affiliations

Drylands Research(Current)

Michael Mortimore is an author at Drylands Research specializing in social sciences, geography, and agricultural economics.

Top concepts

Social SciencesGeographyAfrican DevelopmentAgricultural EconomicsBusinessAfrican DrylandsDevelopment EconomicsLand UseEconomicsAgriculture

Publications per year

1969–2012

48

Publications

48

The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths

Éric F. Lambin, B. L. Turner, Helmut Geist et al. · Global Environmental Change · 2001 · 3.7K citations

Historical Geography, Urban Land Use, Land Development +12

More People, Less Erosion: Environmental Recovery in Kenya

John A. G. Briggs, Mary Tiffen, Michael Mortimore et al. · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers · 1995 · 676 citations

Less Erosion, Engineering, Land Use +10

Farmer adaptation, change and ‘crisis’ in the Sahel

Michael Mortimore, William M. Adams · Global Environmental Change · 2001 · 457 citations

Agricultural Impact, Farming System, Agricultural Economics +6

Adapting to Drought: Farmers, Famines and Desertification in West Africa.

Geoffrey McNicoll, Michael Mortimore · Population and Development Review · 1989 · 241 citations

Development Economics, Agricultural Economics, Sustainable Development +21

Malthus controverted: The role of capital and technology in growth and environment recovery in Kenya

Mary Tiffen, Michael Mortimore · World Development · 1994 · 150 citations

Economics, Engineering, Environment Recovery +11

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