Adaptation in Resource-Dependent Communities: A Call for Greater Methodological Clarity in Adaptation Field Research

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 513-522

  Murtinho, Felipe ^a,b   Hayes, Tanya M ^a  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; case studies; common pool resources; community based natural resource management; disturbance; evaluation; fieldwork; methods

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; FIELDWORK; LITERATURE REVIEW;

EID: 84859578665     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2011.604068     Document Type: Review

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