Assessing the distribution of social-ecological resilience and risk: Ireland as a case study of the uneven impact of famine

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 35-45

  Flaherty, Eoin ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Entitlement; Famine; Ireland; Regime; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899835135     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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