Operationalizing governability: a case study of a Lake Malawi fishery

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-249

  Song, Andrew Moonseok ^a   Chuenpagdee, Ratana ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Governability; Governability assessment framework; Interactive governance; Small scale fisheries; Southeast Arm of Lake Malawi

Indexed keywords

FISHERY REGULATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INLAND FISHERY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI;

EID: 77955401075     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2010.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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