Local Environmental Management in a North-South Perspective: Issues of Participation and Knowledge Management

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Manuel Flury, Urs Geiser
IOS Press, 2002 - 280 pages
How can weaker sections of society exercise their rights and participate in the management of their physical environment? What factors enhance the development and adaptation of knowledge in view of sustainable natural resource management in rural as well as urban contexts? What roles do development agents such as public administration, community development organizations, training and research institutions and international development agencies assume in these regards?

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Foreword by R KaufmannHayoz H Hurni and N North
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Flury U Geiser and R KaufmannHayoz
13
Flury and G Cissé
23
E Waas A Bidaux P Bayili and F Adegnika
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Pham Gia Tran Thai Thị Ngọc Du Bui Thi Lang and J C Bolay
61
K Wyss N Yemadji and E Jeannée
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Y Arsano and G Baechler
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J Behringer and G Dürrenberger
109
U Geiser
157
K Herweg and Y Gebre Michael
181
B N Hiremath and K V Raju
203
E Künzi U Wiesmann and F Maina
225
P Kistler and P Messerli
237
R Baumgartner G S Aurora G K Karanth and V Ramaswamy
255
List of Authors
277
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S UlliBeer
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