West African environmental narratives and development-volunteer praxis

Geographical Review

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-81

  Moseley, William G ^a   Laris, Paul ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desertification; Development volunteers; Environmental narratives; Mali; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

AFRICA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 39549115455     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2008.tb00288.x     Document Type: Article

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