Vulnerability, livelihood assets and institutional dynamics in the management of Wetlands in Lake Victoria watershed basin

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 613-626

  Mwakubo, Samuel M ^a,b   Obare, Gideon A ^c  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis   (Kenya)

^c EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

East Africa; Lake Victoria watershed; Livelihood assets; Shocks; Vulnerabilities; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 81755183475     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-009-9138-6     Document Type: Article

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