An asset-based approach to vulnerability: The case of small-scale fishing areas in Cameroon and Nigeria

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 338-353

  Chiwaula, Levison S ^a   Witt, Rudolf ^a   Waibel, Hermann ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; FISHING COMMUNITY; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RURAL ECONOMY; VALUATION; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; NIGERIA; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CAMEROON; EMPLOYMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FISHERIES; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SUPPLY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; NIGERIA; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

CAMEROON; NIGERIA;

EID: 79251631797     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220381003599410     Document Type: Article

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