Is there decentralization in North Korea? Evidence and lessons from the sloping land management program 2004–2014

Land Use Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2017, Pages 113-125

  He, Jun ^a   Xu, Jianchu ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE   (China)

Author keywords

Access to land; Agroforestry; Community based natural resource management; Food security; Forest recovery; Timber rights

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DECENTRALIZATION; DEFORESTATION; FOOD SECURITY; LAND REFORM; POLICY REFORM; TIMBER;

NORTH KOREA;

EID: 84996761501     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.11.020     Document Type: Article

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