Living off the land: Nature and nomadism in Mongolia

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 865-874

  Upton, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Development; Discourse; Mongolia; Nature; Nomadism; Policy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INFORMAL SECTOR; MODERNIZATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; NOMADIC PEOPLE; PLANNING HISTORY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 77957304417     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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