Mountain commons: Changing space and status at community levels in the Himalayas

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-135

  Jodha, Narpat S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Common property resources; Himalayas; Mountain regions; Nature society interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447093358     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-007-0124-2     Document Type: Article

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