Changing indigenous cultures, economies and landscapes: The case of the Tsimane', Bolivian Amazon

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-157

  Pérez Llorente, Irene ^a,b   Paneque Gálvez, Jaime ^a,b   Luz, Ana C ^b   Macía, Manuel J ^c   Guèze, Maximilien ^b   Domínguez Gómez, Jose A ^d   Reyes García, Victoria ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Biocultural diversity; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Integration into the market economy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREAS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVEYS;

ACCULTURATION; BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; MARKET ECONOMIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACCULTURATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARKET SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VILLAGE;

AMAZONIA; BOLIVIA;

EID: 84886451334     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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