Linking ecosystem services with the constituents of human well-being for poverty alleviation in eastern Himalayas

Ecological Economics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-75

  Sandhu, Harpinder ^a   Sandhu, Sukhbir ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dependence; Ecosystem services; Himalayas; Impacts; Poverty; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WELFARE REFORM; BASIC NEEDS; BIODIVERSITY; DEPENDENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LIVING STANDARD;

DARJEELING; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84906706876     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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