The challenges of inclusive cross-scale collective action in watersheds

Water International

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-375

  Swallow, Brent ^a   Johnson, Nancy ^b   Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^c   Knox, Anna ^d  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action resources; Collective action; Developing countries; Integrated water resource management; Scale; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247630795     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060608691938     Document Type: Conference Paper

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