Participatory assessment of the sustainability of livelihoods in the agroecosystem of Abesard, Iran

Sustainability Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 347-359

  Veisi, Hadi ^a   Liaghati, Houman ^a   Vaninee, Hassan Sadough ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abesard; Assets; Participatory vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904204580     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-014-0241-0     Document Type: Article

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