Credibility of institutions: Forestry, social conflict and titling in China

Land Use Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 588-603

  Ho, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Customary rights; Institutional change; Land disputes; Natural resource management; Trust

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; GOVERNMENT; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33745642158     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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