Community action for environmental restoration: A case study on collective social capital in India

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 519-536

  De Groot, Wouter T ^a,b   Tadepally, Haranath ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective action; Common property resource; Environmental restoration; India; Irrigation; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; IRRIGATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; VILLAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 45749103312     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-006-9078-8     Document Type: Article

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