Goodbye to natural resource-based livelihoods? crossing the rural/urban divide

Local Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 879-890

  Gregory, Pam ^a   Mattingly, Michael ^b  

^a Plan Bee Llanddewi Brefi   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ghana; India; Livelihoods; Migration; Peri urban; Urban rural links

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERIURBANIZATION; URBAN POLICY;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70349659694     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830903164193     Document Type: Article

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