Natural resource management in a protected area of the Indian Himalayas: A modeling approach for anthropogenic interactions on ecosystem

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 253-271

  Nautiyal, Sunil ^a   Kaechele, Harald ^a  

^a ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human behaviors; Mountain ecosystems; Non segregated and segregated landscapes; Protected areas; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGENT MODELS; AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; AGRICULTURE SECTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRIES; AROMATIC PLANTS; BIOSPHERE RESERVES; CURRENT TRENDS; ECONOMIC GAINS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS; HIMALAYAS; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; INDIAN GOVERNMENTS; LAND RESOURCES; LOCAL ECONOMIES; LOCAL PEOPLES; MODELING APPROACHES; MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS; NATIONAL ECONOMIES; NATIONAL PARKS; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTS; NEW APPROACHES; NON-SEGREGATED AND SEGREGATED LANDSCAPES; POPULATION GROWTHS; PROTECTED AREAS; RESOURCE COLLECTIONS; RURAL ECONOMIES; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGES; SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES; TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS; THEORETICAL ASPECTS; THEORETICAL MODELING; UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL , SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; CULTIVATION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NATURAL RESOURCES; PARKS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MODELING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNESCO;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; POLICY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES CULTIVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOURISM;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BEHAVIOR; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; CONSERVATION; CULTIVATION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MOUNTAINS; NATURAL RESOURCES; PLANNING; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67349116080     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0353-z     Document Type: Article

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