Limits to Resilience from Livelihood Diversification and Social Capital in Lake Social-Ecological Systems

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 906-924

  Goulden, Marisa C ^a   Adger, W Neil ^b   Allison, Edward H ^a   Conway, Declan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; adaptive cycle; lakes; livelihoods resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LAKE; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESOURCE USE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

UGANDA;

EID: 84879519956     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2013.765771     Document Type: Article

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