Commons and commoners: Re-examining community in common pool resources

Sustainable Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 142-154

  Husain, Zakir ^a  

^a Institute of Development Studies Kolkata   (India)

Author keywords

Common property; Community based natural resource management; Decentralization; India; Sustainable development; Water

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DECENTRALIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; BANKURA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 70049107754     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.371     Document Type: Article

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