Resource periphery, corridor, heartland: Contesting land use in the Kalimantan/Malaysia borderlands

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-106

  Potter, Lesley ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contested land use; Kalimantan Malaysia borderland; Oil palm

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; DECENTRALIZATION; GOVERNMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; NATIONAL PARK; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 63549126887     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2009.01383.x     Document Type: Article

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