Land tenure as a variable in community based watershed projects: Some lessons from the sugar creek watershed, Wayne and Holmes Counties, Ohio

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 815-833

  Parker, Jason Shaw ^a   Moore, Richard ^b   Weaver, Mark ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation adoption; Decision making; Farm structure; Farm succession; Land tenure; Midwestern United States; Social networks; Watershed

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; LAND TENURE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATERSHED;

HOLMES COUNTY [OHIO]; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES; WAYNE COUNTY [OHIO];

EID: 34548429763     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920701460283     Document Type: Article

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