Managing Ontong Java: Social institutions for production and governance of atoll resources in Solomon Islands

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-69

  Bayliss Smith, Tim ^a   Gough, Katherine V ^b   Christensen, Andreas Egelund ^b   Kristensen, Søren Pilgaard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atoll; B che de mer; Governance; Livelihoods; Ontong Java; Solomon Islands

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MARINE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SMALL ISLAND STATE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)];

EID: 77955265589     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2010.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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