Property vs. control: The state and forest management in the Indian Himalaya

Development and Change

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-94

  Rangan, Haripriya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MANAGEMENT APPROACH; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESOURCE USE; STATE OWNERSHIP;

INDIA, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0030955381     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00035     Document Type: Article

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