From the OMPADEC to the NDDC: An assessment of state responses to environmental insecurity in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Africa Today

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-89

  Shola Omotola, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FEDERAL SYSTEM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 36249010840     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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