Social capital, community-based governance and resilience in an African artisanal river fishery

Water SA

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-54

  Nkhata, B A ^a   Breen, C M ^a   Abacar, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Ministry of Tourism   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

CBNRM; Governance; Property rights; Resilience; River fishery; Social capital

Indexed keywords

CBNRM; GOVERNANCE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESILIENCE; RIVER FISHERY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

MILITARY OPERATIONS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVERS;

FISHERIES;

ARTISANAL FISHERY; FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HARVESTING; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESOURCE USE; RIVER WATER; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; RUVUMA RIVER; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 64549085284     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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