Deforestation in Bangladesh: Language and power in action

Narrative Inquiry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-156

  Islam, Sheikh Tawhidul ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Deforestation; Forest management; Political ecology; Remote sensing application

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448987919     PISSN: 13876740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ni.17.1.10isl     Document Type: Article

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