The new pastoral development paradigm: Engaging the realities of property institutions and livestock mobility in Dryland Africa

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 469-484

  Turner, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Common property; CPRM; Nonequilibrium ecology; Pastoralism; Rangeland management; Tragedy of the commons; West African Sahel

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRYLAND FARMING; GRASSLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTORALISM; POLICY STRATEGY; RANGELAND;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79953697097     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920903236291     Document Type: Article

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