Economic development and local ecological knowledge: A deadlock? Quantitative research from a Native Amazonian society

Human Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-377

  Reyes García, Victoria ^a,b   Vadez, Vincent ^b   Huanca, Tomás ^b   Leonard, William R ^c   McDade, Thomas ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

EID: 34147118633     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-006-9069-2     Document Type: Article

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