Does social capital encourage participatory watershed management? An analysis using survey data from the yodo river watershed

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-321

  Ohno, Tomohiko ^a   Tanaka, Takuya ^b   Sakagami, Masaji ^c  

^a Ukyo ku   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Public participation; Social capital; Yodo river watershed

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WATERSHED;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; YODO RIVER;

EID: 77949334052     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920802078224     Document Type: Article

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