Household resource allocations in response to risks and returns in a communal area of western Zimbabwe

Ecological Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 383-394

  Luckert, M K ^a   Wilson, J ^b   Adamowicz, V ^a   Cunningham, A B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Grp for Environ Monitoring (GEM)   (South Africa)

^c WWF UNESCO Kew People Plants I   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL ECONOMY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84984578703     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(00)00147-6     Document Type: Article

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