Can conservation and development interventions in the Indian Central Himalaya ensure environmental sustainability? A socioecological evaluation

Sustainability Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-167

  Nautiyal, Sunil ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE   (India)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Himalaya; Innovations; Rural area; Rural complexity; Solutions; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959513480     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-011-0126-4     Document Type: Article

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