Risk coping strategies in tropical forests: floods, illnesses, and resource extraction
This paper examines coping strategies in response to covariate flood shocks and idiosyncratic health shocks among riverine peasant households in the Amazonian tropical forests. An assessment of coping strategies reveals that although precautionary savings (food stock and livestock) are important for...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Environment and Development Economics. - Cambridge University Press, 1996. - 9(2004), 2, Seite 203-224 |
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| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Environment and Development Economics |
| Schlagworte: | Physical sciences Behavioral sciences Applied sciences Biological sciences Social sciences Economics |
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