The collapsing platform for pastoralism: Land sales and land loss in kajiado county, kenya

Nomadic Peoples

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 20-39

  Galaty, John G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inheritance; Kenyan Maasai; Land markets; Pastoralism; Rangeland tenure

Indexed keywords

LAND MARKET; LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; PASTORALISM; RANGELAND;

KAJIADO; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

EID: 84891711456     PISSN: 08227942     EISSN: 17522366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/np.2013.170204     Document Type: Article

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