Desert knowledge: Integrating knowledge and development in arid and semi-arid drylands

GeoJournal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 363-375

  Davies, Jocelyn ^a   Holcombe, Sarah ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Australia; Desert; Globalisation; Indigenous; Local knowledge; Multi functionality; Neo ideographic; Neo populism; Niger; Poverty reduction; Rangeland; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINAL; AUSTRALIA; DESERT; GLOBALISATION; INDIGENOUS; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; MULTI-FUNCTIONALITY; NEO-IDEOGRAPHIC; NEO-POPULISM; NIGER; POVERTY REDUCTION; RANGELAND; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

LANDFORMS;

DECISION MAKING; DESERT; DRYLAND FARMING; EMPOWERMENT; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GRAZING; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; POPULISM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RANGELAND; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NIGER [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

HARNESS;

EID: 70350597499     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-009-9279-4     Document Type: Article

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