Poverty and the environment: Exploring the relationship between household incomes, private assets, and natural assets

Land Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-167

  Narain, Urvashi ^a   Gupta, Shreekant ^b   van't Veld, Klaas ^c  

^a Resources for the Future ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; NATURAL RESOURCE; POVERTY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JHABUA; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 41449115509     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.84.1.148     Document Type: Article

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