Studying the Logone floodplain, Cameroon, as a coupled human and natural system

African Journal of Aquatic Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 99-108

  Moritz, M ^a   Laborde, S ^a   Phang, S C ^a   Ahmadou, M ^b   Durand, M ^c   Fernandez, A ^c   Hamilton, I M ^a   Kari, S ^d   Mark, B ^c   Scholte, P ^e   Xiao, N ^a   Ziebe, R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAROUA   (Cameroon)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The Centre d'Appui a la Recherche et au Pastoralisme (CARPA)   (Cameroon)

^e Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ GmbH   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

adaptive cycle; conceptual frameworks; ecosystem services; institutional analysis; interdisciplinary research; resilience; social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961590544     PISSN: 16085914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085914.2016.1143799     Document Type: Article

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