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Can Restoration of the Commons Reduce Rural Vulnerability? A Quasi-Experimental Comparison of COVID-19 Livelihood-based Coping Strategies among Rural Households in Three Indian States Cover

Can Restoration of the Commons Reduce Rural Vulnerability? A Quasi-Experimental Comparison of COVID-19 Livelihood-based Coping Strategies among Rural Households in Three Indian States

International Journal of the Commons
Volume 16 (2022): Issue 1
By: Karl Alan Hughes,  Pratiti Priyadarshini,  Himani Sharma,  Sanoop Lissah,  Tenzin Chorran,  Ruth Meinzen-Dick,  Atul Dogra,  Nathan Cook and  Krister Andersson  
Open Access
|Jul 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1155 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
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Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 25, 2021
Accepted on: Jun 9, 2022
Published on: Jul 6, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
commons,
common pool resources,
resilience,
Livelihoods Coping Strategy Index,
land restoration,
COVID-19,
quasi-experiment

© 2022 Karl Alan Hughes, Pratiti Priyadarshini, Himani Sharma, Sanoop Lissah, Tenzin Chorran, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Atul Dogra, Nathan Cook, Krister Andersson, published by Ubiquity Press
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