Livelihood Diversity, Food Security and Resilience among the Caiçara of Coastal Brazil

Human Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-164

  Hanazaki, Natalia ^a   Berkes, Fikret ^b   Seixas, Cristiana S ^c   Peroni, Nivaldo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Food security; Small scale fisheries; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FISHERY; FISHING; FOOD SECURITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 84873748073     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-012-9553-9     Document Type: Article

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