Analyzing Social Networks to Examine the Changing Governance Structure of Springsheds: A Case Study of Sikkim in the Indian Himalayas.
The governance of natural resources now attracts greater participation of different stakeholders, ushering in a shift from conventional governance by the state to that by a network of stakeholders—a form of governance marked by a growing role of non-state and local actors. These changing dynamics ar...
| Published in: | Environmental Management Vol. 63; no. 2; pp. 233 - 249 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2019
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