Rural out-migration and resource-dependent communities in Mexico and India

Population and Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-284

  Robson, James P ^a   Nayak, Prateep K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Demographic and cultural change; Institutions; Oaxaca; Orissa; Out migration; Resource practice

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESOURCE USE; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

INDIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OAXACA; ORISSA;

EID: 78650417819     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-010-0121-1     Document Type: Article

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