Exploring appropriate livelihood alternatives for sustainable rangeland management

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 345-356

  Gharibvand, Hojatollah Khedri ^a   Azadi, Hossein ^a,b,c   Witlox, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

livelihoods' resilience; rangeland degradation; rangeland users; supportive strategies; sustainable livelihoods; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937886745     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ15027     Document Type: Article

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