Linking Individual and Collective Agency for Enhancing Community Resilience in Northern Ghana

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 151-165

  Otsuki, Kei ^a   Jasaw, Godfred ^b   Lolig, Victor ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b University for Development Studies UDS   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Agency; climate change; community; Ghana; reflexivity; resilience

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CULTURAL RELATIONS; POLICY APPROACH;

GHANA;

EID: 85027010615     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2017.1347971     Document Type: Article

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