Rural poverty, property rights and environmental resource management: Some insights from Kenya

African Journal of Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 6, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-15

  Kabubo Mariara, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Environmental conservation; Poverty; Property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042528705     PISSN: 14367890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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