Sustainable livelihoods and ecosystem health: Exploring methodological relations as a source of synergy

EcoHealth

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-360

  Connell, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ecohealth; ecosystem health; rural development; sustainable livelihoods; systems thinking; transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; RURAL POPULATION; TREE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; RURAL POPULATION; TREES;

EID: 80051580551     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0353-7     Document Type: Article

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