Analyzing institutional arrangements for ecosystem-based management: Lessons from the Rhode Island Salt Ponds SAM plan

Coastal Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-56

  Imperial, Mark T ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal resource management; Ecosystem management; Ecosystems; Environmental planning; Environmental policy; Estuaries; Evaluation; Implementation; Institutional analysis; Institutions; Integrated coastal resource management; Natural resource management; Water quality management; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARIES; PUBLIC POLICY; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

INTEGRATED COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

COASTAL ZONES;

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032919220     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089207599263884     Document Type: Article

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