Traumatic natures of the swamp: Concepts of nature in the Romanian Danube Delta

Environmental Values

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-183

  Van Assche, Kristof ^a,b   Bell, Sandra ^c   Teampau, Petruta ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Concepts of nature; Danube Delta; Participatory governance; Traumatic nature

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; FIELD SURVEY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND USE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MARGINALIZATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE USE;

DANUBE DELTA; ROMANIA;

EID: 84863900188     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: 17527015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327112X13303670567297     Document Type: Article

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