Contradictory Land Use Plans and Policies in Laos: Tenure Security and the Threat of Exclusion

World Development

Volumn 89, Issue , 2017, Pages 170-183

  Broegaard, Rikke Brandt ^a   Vongvisouk, Thoumthone ^a,b   Mertz, Ole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

Author keywords

access; land use planning; Laos; legal pluralism; REDD+; tenure security

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; LAND USE PLANNING; RURAL AREA;

LAOS;

EID: 84994430580     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.08.008     Document Type: Article

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