Social-ecological resilience of a Nuosu community-linked watershed, Southwest Sichuan, China

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Urgenson, Lauren S ^a   Hagmann, R Keala ^a   Henck, Amanda C ^a   Harrell, Stevan ^a   Hinckley, Thomas M ^a   Shepler, Sara Jo ^a   Grub, Barbara L ^a   Chi, Philip M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

China; Forests; Institutions; Nuosu; Resilience; Sichuan; Yi

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESILIENCE; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHED;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 78651482534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03568-150402     Document Type: Article

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