Building ties: Social capital network analysis of a forest community in a biosphere reserve in Chiapas, Mexico

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  García Amado, Luis Rico ^a   Pérez, Manuel Ruiz ^a   Iniesta Arandia, Irene ^a   Dahringer, Guillaume ^b   Reyes, Felipe ^c   Barrasa, Sara ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Pronatura Sur AC ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CIENCIAS Y ARTES DE CHIAPAS   (Mexico)

^d Centro de Estudios Lingüísticos y Literarios   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Collective action; Community forest management; Ejido; Mexico; Social capital; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMERCIALIZATION; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SEPULTURA BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

EID: 84867135478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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