Fishing in troubled waters: Oil production, seaweed and community-level grievances in theWestern Region of Ghana6

Community Development Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 406-420

  Ackah Baidoo, Abigail ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FISHING; OIL FIELD; OIL PRODUCTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEAWEED;

GHANA; WESTERN REGION;

SARGASSUM;

EID: 84880171968     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bst022     Document Type: Article

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