Rural change and multidimensional analysis of farm's vulnerability: A case study in a protected area of semi-arid northern Nicaragua

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 873-901

  Ravera, Federica ^a   Tarrasón, David ^b   Siciliano, Giuseppina ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central America dry corridor; Metabolic pattern analysis; Multicriteria assessment; Rural system; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; MARGINALIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; RURAL AREA; SEMIARID REGION; SUBSISTENCE; TRADE-OFF; TYPOLOGY; VULNERABILITY;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 84903587614     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-014-9531-z     Document Type: Article

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