Local Community Participation in Italian National Parks Management: Theory versus Practice

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-208

  Buono, Fabrizia ^a   Pediaditi, Kalliope ^a   Carsjens, Gerrit J ^b  

^a MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

governance; involvement; local community; management; participation; protected area; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861995455     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2012.683937     Document Type: Article

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