Impediments to integrated urban stormwater management: The need for institutional reform

Environmental Management

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 455-468

  Brown, Rebekah R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Implementation; Institutional impediments; Integrated urban stormwater management

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY; STORM SEWERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER RESOURCES;

IMPLEMENTATION; INSTITUTIONAL IMPEDIMENTS; INTEGRATED URBAN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

URBAN PLANNING;

STORM WATER;

IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; INTEGRATED APPROACH; STORMWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CITIES; LEADERSHIP; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; RAIN; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 26244460380     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0217-4     Document Type: Review

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