Authority and environment: institutional landscapes in Rajasthan, India

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 410-435

  Robbins, Paul ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 0031727259     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00107     Document Type: Article

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