Dependence on environmental resources and implications for household welfare: Evidence from the Kalahari drylands, South Africa

Ecological Economics

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-67

  Thondhlana, Gladman ^a   Muchapondwa, Edwin ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dependence; Environmental resources; Heterogeneity; Indigenous people; Kalahari drylands; Poverty

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; POVERTY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; RURAL POPULATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

KALAHARI DESERT; KGALAGADI TRANSFRONTIER PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84908545971     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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