Resilience of traditional knowledge systems: The case of agricultural knowledge in home gardens of the Iberian Peninsula

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 223-231

  Reyes García, Victoria ^a   Aceituno Mata, Laura ^b   Calvet Mir, Laura ^a   Garnatje, Teresa ^c   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^a   Lastra, Juan J ^d   Ontillera, Ricardo ^b   Parada, Montserrat ^e   Rigat, Montserrat ^e   Vallès, Joan ^e   Vila, Sara ^d   Pardo de Santayana, Manuel ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agroecological systems; Farmers' knowledge; Iberian Peninsula; Kitchen gardens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894352096     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.11.022     Document Type: Article

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