Methodological rigour in assessing participatory development

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 220-230

  Sultana, Parvin ^a   Abeyasekera, Savitri ^b   Thompson, Paul ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based management; Fisheries; Participation; Qualitative quantitative methods; Statistical modelling

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FISHERY; METHODOLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33947681330     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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