Vietnam: The van chai system of social organization and fisheries community management

Managing Coastal and Inland Waters: Pre-existing Aquatic Management Systems in Southeast Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 129-160

  Nguyen, Duy Thieu ^a   Ruddle, Kenneth ^b  

^a Vietnam National Museum of Nature   (Viet Nam)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Customary law; Floating village; Local religion; Village administration; Whale shrine

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052201877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9555-8_6     Document Type: Chapter

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