Sustainable forest management in Iran: A factor analysis

Sustainability Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 543-551

  Azadi, Hossein ^a   Samari, Davood ^b   Zarafshani, Kiumarz ^c   Hosseininia, Gholamhossein ^d   Witlox, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Forestry; Human factor; Participation; Sustainable forest management; Zagros

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884818156     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-012-0190-4     Document Type: Article

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