Reorganizing resource use in a communal livestock production socio-ecological system in South Africa

Land Use Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 221-231

  Rasch, Sebastian ^a   Heckelei, Thomas ^a   Johannes Oomen, Roelof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Environment and development; Governance; Land ownership and tenure; Resilience; Socio ecological system

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GRAZING; INNOVATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND TENURE; LANDOWNERSHIP; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RANGELAND; RESOURCE USE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84953860850     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.12.026     Document Type: Article

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