The rhetoric behind regionalization in Australian natural resource management: Myth, reality and moving forward

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 177-191

  Jennings, Susan F ^a,b   Moore, Susan A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Institutional arrangements; Regional planning and management; Scale; Social sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038385219     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-7200(200007/09)2:3<177::aid-jepp57>3.0.co;2-k     Document Type: Article

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