Vegetation in Bangalore's slums: Boosting livelihoods, well-being and social capital

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2459-2473

  Gopal, Divya ^a,b   Nagendra, Harini ^c,d  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c AZIM PREMJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

Author keywords

India; Livelihood; Slum dwellers; Social ecological systems; Urban ecology; Urban poverty; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HOME GARDEN; LOW INCOME HOUSING; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUTRITION; PLANT PRODUCT; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TREE PLANTING; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION COVER;

BANGALORE; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 84902970575     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6052459     Document Type: Article

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