Environmental entitlements: Dynamics and institutions in community-based natural resource management

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-247

  Leach, Melissa ^a   Mearns, Robin ^a   Scoones, Ian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

GHANA; INDIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033063559     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00141-7     Document Type: Article

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