A co-management approach to sustainable watershed utilization: Peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana

The Peri-Urban Interface: Approaches to Sustainable Natural and Human Resource Use

Volumn 9781849775878, Issue , 2012, Pages 287-309

  McGregor, Duncan ^a   Simon, David ^a   Thompson, Donald ^a   Quashie Sam, James ^d   Edusah, Sampson ^b   Nsiah Gyabaah, Kwasi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c Brong Ahafo Province   (Ghana)

^d NONE

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EID: 81255154566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849775878     Document Type: Chapter

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