Measuring livelihood resilience: The Household Livelihood Resilience Approach (HLRA)

World Development

Volumn 107, Issue , 2018, Pages 253-263

  Quandt, Amy ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Development; Kenya; Livelihoods; Resilience; Sustainable livelihoods approach

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CAPITAL; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LIVELIHOOD; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABILITY;

ISIOLO; KENYA;

EID: 85044104668     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.02.024     Document Type: Article

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