Poverty and environmental degradation in the Nicaraguan hillsides

World Development

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1933-1946

  Ravnborg, Helle Munk ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Central America; Environment; Nicaragua; Political ecology; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; POVERTY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0142261383     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.06.005     Document Type: Article

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