Overcoming governance and institutional barriers to integrated coastal zone, marine protected area, and tourism management in Sri Lanka

Coastal Management

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 633-655

  Powell, Robert B ^a   Cuschnir, Ariel ^b   Peiris, Prakash ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louis Berger Group Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Governance; Institutional organization; Integrated coastal management; Marine protected areamanagement; Resilience; Sri Lanka; Sustainable development; Tourism management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955124497     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920750903194272     Document Type: Article

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