Economic and social dimensions of environmental behavior: Balancing conservation and development in Bhutan

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1499-1509

  Brooks, Jeremy S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Buddhism; Conservation; Development; Environmental behavior

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FUELWOOD; RELIGION; RESOURCE USE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; VILLAGE;

ARTICLE; BHUTAN; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BHUTAN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BHUTAN;

EID: 78349237265     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01512.x     Document Type: Article

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