What Makes Socio-ecological Systems Robust? An Institutional Analysis of the 2,000 Year-Old Ifugao Society

Human Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 859-870

  Araral, Eduardo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ancient societies; Ifugao terraces; Institutional analysis; Property rights; Resilience; Robustness; Socioecological systems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CHRISTIANITY; EDUCATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MIGRATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIAL THEORY; TOURISM; URBANIZATION;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84890366310     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-013-9617-5     Document Type: Article

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