The Importance of a Mixed Cash- and Harvest Herding Based Economy to Living in the Arctic – An Analysis on the Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic (SLiCA)

Social Indicators Research Series

Volumn 35, Issue , 2009, Pages 27-42

  Poppel, Birger ^a   Kruse, Jack ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENLAND   (Greenland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; indigenous peoples subsistence; individual well being; informal economy; life satisfaction; living conditions in the Arctic; mixed economy; quality of life; SLiCA

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019384309     PISSN: 13876570     EISSN: 22150099     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8569-7_4     Document Type: Chapter

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