Bafa Zon: Localising world heritage at Chief Roi Mata's Domain, Vanuatu

International Journal of Heritage Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-103

  Trau, Adam M ^a   Ballard, Chris ^b   Wilson, Meredith ^c  

^a TheUniversity of Western Australia   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Stepwise Heritage and Tourism Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buffer zones; Community development; Customary tenure; Localisation; Vanuatu; World Heritage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892524845     PISSN: 13527258     EISSN: 14703610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2012.712981     Document Type: Article

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