People matter: The importance of social capital in the co-management of natural resources

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-62

  Plummer, Ryan ^a   Fitzgibbon, John ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co management; Governance; Institutional choice theory; Multiple case study; Natural resource management; Social capital

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCES; RIVERS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

INSTITUTIONAL CHOICE THEORY; MULTIPLE CASE STUDY; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

MANAGEMENT;

COMANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845362440     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2006.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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