Power distribution, the external environment and common property forest governance: A local user groups model

Ecological Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-352

  Pérez Cirera, Vanessa ^a   Lovett, Jon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective action; Development policy; Forest governance; Inequality; La Sierra Tarahumara; Mexico; Power

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; RURAL POPULATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA MADRE; SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL; SIERRA TARAHUMARA;

EID: 33748105244     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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