Sustainable mountain development: The Himalayan tragedy

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-316

  Ramakrishnan, P S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Mountain systems; Socio ecological system analysis; Sustainable development; Traditional ecological knowledge; Traditional societies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947126556     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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