Culture, tradition and sustainable rural livelihoods: Exploring the culture-development interface in Kandy, Sri Lanka

Community Development Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 494-517

  Daskon, Chandima ^a   Binns, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL TRADITION; RURAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VILLAGE;

CENTRAL PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; KANDY; SRI LANKA;

EID: 77957287143     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsp019     Document Type: Article

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