Community engagement in the sustainable management of rivers: Barekese catchment, Kumasi, Ghana

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 927-943

  Kumasi, Tyhra Carolyn ^a   Obiri Danso, Kwasi ^a   Ephraim, James H ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b Catholic University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Barekese catchment; Community engagement; Local communities; Rivers; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955032152     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-010-9232-1     Document Type: Article

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