Drivers of change in fragile environments: Challenges to governance in Indian wetlands

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 320-333

  Narayanan, N C ^a   Venot, Jean Philippe ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Conflicts; Environmental degradation; India; Natural resources; Politics; Polycentricity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL WETLAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOCRATIZATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MARGINALIZATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; POPULATION PRESSURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABILITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 72649095551     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2009.01255.x     Document Type: Article

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