Incorporating Values into Community-Scale Sustainable Forest Management Plans: An Application of Q Methodology

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-183

  Rodriguez Piñeros, Sandra ^a   Focht, Will ^a   Lewis, David K ^a   Montgomery, Diane ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Forest values; Public participation; Q methodology; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

EID: 84860917631     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-011-9182-y     Document Type: Article

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