Explaining complexities of environmental management in developing countries: Lessons from the Fiji Islands

Geographical Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-77

  Turnbull, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Class; Environmental management; Fiji Islands; South Pacific; SPREP

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1942437365     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0016-7398.2004.05016.x     Document Type: Article

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