Coping with natural hazards in a conservation context: Resource-use decisions of Maasai households during recent and historical droughts

Human Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 753-768

  Miller, Brian W ^a   Leslie, Paul W ^b   McCabe, J Terrence ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision modeling; East Africa; Livelihoods; National parks; Pastoralism; Protected areas; Qualitative comparative analysis

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 84911419590     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: 15729915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-014-9683-3     Document Type: Review

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