China's forest tenure reform and institutional change in the new century: What has been implemented and what remains to be pursued?

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 825-833

  Yin, Runsheng ^a,b   Yao, Shunbo ^a   Huo, Xuexi ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Devolution; Efficiency; Incentive structure; Property rights; Tenure reform

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; DECENTRALIZATION; DEVOLUTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INCENTIVE; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; TENURE RELATIONS;

CHINA;

EID: 84864066542     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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