Comanagement at the fringes: Examining stakeholder perspectives at macassar dunes, Cape Town, South Africa-at the intersection of high biodiversity, urban poverty, and inequality

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Graham, M ^a   Ernstson, H ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape town; Comanagement; Informal settlement; Macassar dunes; Remnant biodiversity; South africa; Stakeholder perspectives; Urban comanagement; Urban ecology; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; BIODIVERSITY; COMANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POVERTY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBANIZATION;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84867129651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04887-170334     Document Type: Article

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