Livelihoods and landscapes at the threshold of change: Disaster and resilience in a Chiapas coffee community

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 475-488

  Eakin, Hallie ^a   Benessaiah, Karina ^a   Barrera, Juan F ^b   Cruz Bello, Gustavo M ^c   Morales, Helda ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Coffee; Disaster; Maize; Mexico; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865424781     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-011-0263-4     Document Type: Article

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