Evaluating responses in complex adaptive systems: Insights on water management from the Southern African Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (SAfMA)

Ecology and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Bohensky, Erin ^a   Lynam, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Awareness; Complex adaptive systems; Ecosystem services; Impact; Power; Responses; Southern Africa; Water management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 27444441197     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01198-100111     Document Type: Article

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