Performance of community-based natural resource governance for the Kafue Flats (Zambia)

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 296-302

  Nkhata, Bimo A ^a   Breen, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

benefit distribution; CBNRM; community based natural resource management; decision making; devolution; environmental governance systems; Kafue Flats; Zambia

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT DISTRIBUTION; CBNRM; COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DEVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS; KAFUE FLATS; ZAMBIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; FLOODPLAIN; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATURAL RESOURCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA;

KAFUE FLATS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 79951756160     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892910000585     Document Type: Article

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