Urban forest and rural cities: Multi-sited households, consumption patterns, and forest resources in Amazonia

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Padoch, Christine ^a   Brondizio, Eduardo ^b   Costa, Sandra ^c   Pinedo Vasquez, Miguel ^d   Sears, Robin R ^b,d   Siqueria, Andrea ^b  

^a NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Amazonia; Deforestation; Rural urban migration; Urban rural interactions

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; URBAN FORESTRY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 58749113108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02526-130202     Document Type: Article

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