The community vs. the market and the state: Forest use in Uttarakhand in the Indian Himalayas

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-15

  Agrawal, Arun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Common property; Forests; Himalayas; Institutions; New institutionalism; Resource management; Uttarakhand

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOREST RESOURCES; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 0030448567     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01965667     Document Type: Article

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