Falling back on forests: How forest-dwelling people cope with catastrophe in a changing landscape

International Forestry Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 442-455

  Liswanti, N ^a   Sheil, D ^a,b,c   Basuki, I ^a   Padmanaba, M ^a   Mulcahy, G ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation ITFC   (Uganda)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

coping strategies; flood; forest dependent people; reliance on forest; subsistence

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COPING STRATEGY; FLOOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURAL DISASTER; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUBSISTENCE; UPLAND REGION;

EAST KALIMANTAN; INDONESIA;

EID: 84855311483     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/146554811798811326     Document Type: Article

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