Applying the social-ecological system framework to the diagnosis of urban lake commons in Bangalore, India

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Nagendra, Harini ^a,b   Ostrom, Elinor ^b  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Decentralization; Leadership; Peri urban SES; Polycentricity

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; DECENTRALIZATION; LAKE WATER; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PERIURBAN AREA; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BANGALORE; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 84903739530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06582-190267     Document Type: Article

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