Pastoral mobility, sedentarization and accessibility of health services in the northeast Badia of Jordan

Applied Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 299-312

  Spicer, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Badia; Health care; Normadism; Pastoralism; Sedentarization

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH CARE; PASTORALISM; SERVICE PROVISION;

BADIA; JORDAN;

JORDANIA;

EID: 0032796269     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(99)00006-5     Document Type: Article

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