Urban and rural perceptions of protected areas: A case study in Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 208-217

  Triguero Mas, Margarita ^a   Olomí Solà, Marc ^a   Jha, Naveen ^b   Zorondo Rodríguez, Francisco ^a   Reyes García, Victoria ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b BVB Engineering College   (India)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Environmental impact; India; Local perceptions; Social impact; Western Ghats; Wildlife sanctuary

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC IMPACTS; INDIA; SOCIAL IMPACT; WESTERN GHATS; WILDLIFE SANCTUARY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN POPULATION;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 77951135762     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892909990403     Document Type: Article

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