Decentralization and local institutional arrangements for wetland management in Ethiopia and Sierra Leone

Applied Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-279

  Maconachie, Roy ^a   Dixon, Alan B ^b   Wood, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Ethiopia; Institutions; Sierra Leone; Wetland management; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOCAL PLANNING; POLICY MAKING; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SIERRA LEONE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 61449155502     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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