Access and resilience: Analyzing the construction of social resilience to the threat of water scarcity

Ecology and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Langridge, Ruth ^a   Christian Smith, Juliet ^b   Lohse, Kathleen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Resilience; Vulnerability; Water

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; PUBLIC ACCESS; RESILIENCE; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846072988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01825-110218     Document Type: Article

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