The Stake-Net Fishery Association of Negombo Lagoon, Sri Lanka: Why Has It Survived over 250 Years and Will It Survive another 100 Years?

Promise, Trust and Evolution: Managing the Commons of South Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gunawardena, Asha ^a   Steele, Paul ^b  

^a Institute of Policy Studies   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Common property resource; Fisheries; Negombo lagoon; Open access; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920751587     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199213832.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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