Calling for justice in the goldfields of Tanzania

Resources

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-22

  Makene, Madoshi H ^a   Emel, Jody ^b   Murphy, James T ^b  

^a National Environment Management Council   (Tanzania)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Gold mining; Political ecology; Rural development; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 85004175906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/resources1010003     Document Type: Article

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