National parks and environmental justice: Comparing access rights and ideological legacies in three countries

Conservation and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-224

  Dahlberg, Annika ^a   Rohde, Rick ^b,c   Sandell, Klas ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cultural landscapes; Indigenous people; Land reform; Land rights; Protected areas; Scotland; South Africa; Sweden; Wilderness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866173254     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.73810     Document Type: Article

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