Environmental entitlements: Institutional influence on mangrove social-ecological systems in Northern Vietnam

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Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 903-938

  Orchard, Steven E ^a   Stringer, Lindsay C ^a   Quinn, Claire H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Coastal; Multi level governance; Natural resource management; Sustainable development; Wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050134280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/resources4040903     Document Type: Article

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