Resilient or vulnerable livelihoods? assessing livelihood dynamics and trajectories in rural Botswana

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Sallu, Susannah M ^a   Twyman, Chasca ^b   Stringer, Lindsay C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botswana; Livelihood strategies; Livelihood trajectories; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESILIENCE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VULNERABILITY;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 78651497338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03505-150403     Document Type: Article

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