Poverty, sustainability, and household livelihood strategies in Zagros, Iran

Ecological Economics

Volumn 79, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-70

  Soltani, Arezoo ^a   Angelsen, Arild ^a   Eid, Tron ^a   Naieni, Mohammad Saeid Noori ^b   Shamekhi, Taghi ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Income diversification; Overgrazing; Overharvesting; Semi nomad; Tange Tamoradi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST RESOURCE; FORESTRY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LIVESTOCK FARMING; OVERGRAZING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

ZAGROS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84862180241     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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