Enhancing social indicators research in a forest-dependent community

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 771-780

  Parkins, John ^a  

^a NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community well being; Employment; Forest dependent communities; Migration; Mobility; Social capital; Social indicators

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; RURAL PLANNING; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 0033405880     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc75771-5     Document Type: Article

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