Laws and regulations impacting the enclosure movement on the tibetan plateau of China

Himalaya

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 23-38

  Bauer, Kenneth ^a   Nyima, Yonten ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MODERNIZATION; PASTORALISM; PRIVATIZATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 82055189957     PISSN: 08914834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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