Delocalizing Communities: Changing Forms of Community Engagement in Natural Resources Governance

World Development

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 274-290

  Ojha, Hemant R ^a   Ford, Rebecca ^b   Keenan, Rodney J ^b   Race, Digby ^c,e   Carias Vega, Dora ^b   Baral, Himlal ^b,d   Sapkota, Prativa ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^f Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies (SIAS)   (Nepal)

Author keywords

community participation; environmental governance; globalization; multilevel governance

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBALIZATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; INDONESIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEPAL; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84992186979     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.06.017     Document Type: Article

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