Common property as enclosure: A case study of a backswamp in southern Laos

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-60

  Tubtim, Nattaya ^a   Hirsch, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Common property; Enclosure; Fisheries; Laos; Natural resource management

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LEGISLATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 12244261666     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920590881925     Document Type: Article

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