Structured mental model approach for analyzing perception of risks to rural livelihood in developing countries

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Binder, Claudia R ^a,b   Schöll, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Livelihood risks of farmers; Mental models; Sustainable rural livelihood

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

AGENT NETWORK; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM; LIVELIHOOD RISKS OF FARMERS; MENTAL MODEL; RURAL LIVELIHOOD; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD; SUSTAINABLE POLICIES;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953613247     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2010001     Document Type: Article

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