Fragmentation, Cooperation and Power: Institutional Dynamics in Natural Resource Governance in North-Western Namibia

Human Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 167-181

  Bollig, Michael ^a   Menestrey Schwieger, Diego A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common pool resource management; Conservation; Namibia; Pastoralists; Water management

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 84897575248     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-014-9647-7     Document Type: Article

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