The environmental knowledge frontier: transects with experts and villagers

Journal of International Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 527-537

  Mahiri, Ishmail O ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIROMENT ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; RURAL POPULATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

KENYA, KISUMU;

EID: 0031689489     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199806)10:4<527::AID-JID543>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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