Community resilience and contemporary agri-ecological systems: Reconnecting people and food, and people with people

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-124

  King, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural systems; Community resilience; Ecological systems; Food systems; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY RESILIENCES; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; FOOD SYSTEM; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE MOBILIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCE; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM THEORY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 55449088937     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.854     Document Type: Article

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