A review of design principles for community-based natural resource management

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Cox, Michael ^a   Arnold, Gwen ^a   Tomás, Sergio Villamayor ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common pool resources; Design principles; Diagnostics; Institutions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 78651477743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03704-150438     Document Type: Review

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