Sustainable livelihood security index in a developing country: A tool for development planning

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 442-451

  Singh, Pramod K ^a   Hiremath, B N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Development indicators and indices; Sustainable livelihood security

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE INDEX; DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS AND INDICES; DEVELOPMENT PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL SECURITY; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; HEALTH INDICES; LOW RANK; POLICY TOOLS; SECURITY INDICES; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS; SOCIAL EQUITY; SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD; SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD SECURITY; THREE COMPONENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RURAL AREAS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70449106055     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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