Market-resource links and fish vendor livelihoods in the upper Zambezi river floodplains

Human Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 559-574

  Abbott, James G ^a   Campbell, Lisa M ^b   Hay, Clinton J ^c   Næsje, Tor F ^d   Purvis, John ^e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF FISHERIES AND MARINE RESOURCES   (Namibia)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e IFMP   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Artisanal fisheries; Floodplains; Livelihoods; Markets; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN; INVESTMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE USE;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBEZI RIVER;

EID: 34848909224     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-006-9102-5     Document Type: Article

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