Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Swiss Alpine Farmers and their Resilience to Socioecological Change

Human Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 769-781

  von Glasenapp, Markus ^a   Thornton, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Adaptive management; Political ecology; Socioecological change; Swiss alpine smallholder farms; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

GRAUBUNDEN; SWITZERLAND; VALS;

EID: 83955161720     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-011-9427-6     Document Type: Article

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