Decentralized natural resource management: From state to co-management in India

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-138

  Sekhar, Nagothu Udaya ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMANAGEMENT; DECENTRALIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATE ROLE;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 0033953165     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560010793     Document Type: Article

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