Decentralized environmental management and popular participation in coastal Ghana

Journal of International Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 515-526

  Porter, Gina ^a   Young, Einir ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALISATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

GHANA;

EID: 0031713037     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199806)10:4<515::AID-JID542>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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