Sociometabolic transitions in subsistence communities: Boserup revisited in four comparative case studies

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-158

  Fischer Kowalski, Marina ^a   Singh, Simron J ^a   Lauk, Christian ^a   Remesch, Alexander ^a   Ringhofer, Lisa ^b   Grünbühel, Clemens M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b Hilfswerk Austria International   (Austria)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Farming systems; Labour and area productivity; Rural development; Sociometabolic regimes; Sociometabolic transitions; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862209224     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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