Road investment as enabling local economic development? Evidence from a rural Philippine fishing village

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-356

  Olsson, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Development effects; Economic opportunity; Fisheries resource management; Overfishing; Road investment

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FISHING COMMUNITY; OVERFISHING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; ROAD; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL PLANNING;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 78349259332     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2010.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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