Searching for progress on food security in the North American North: A research synthesis and meta-analysis of the peer-reviewed literature

Arctic

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 380-392

  Loring, Philip A ^a   Gerlach, S Craig ^b  

^a University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD SECURITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GEOPOLITICS; HEALTH IMPACT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RECLAIMED LAND; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84939453697     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: 19231245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4509     Document Type: Article

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