Environment, transnational labor migration, and gender: Case studies from southern Yucatán, Mexico and Vermont, USA

Population and Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-197

  Radel, Claudia ^a   Schmook, Birgit ^b   McCandless, Susannah ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Environment; Gender; Landscape; Migration; Southern Yucat n; Vermont

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GENDER ISSUE; LABOR MIGRATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASTURE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER ROLE; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; PEASANT AGRICULTURE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES; VERMONT; YUCATAN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78650414438     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-010-0124-y     Document Type: Article

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