Ties that bind: Local networks, communities and adaptive capacity in rural Ghana

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Journal of Rural Studies

• Publication date

  2017-07-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Business, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.JRURSTUD.2017.05.010
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