Purpose-driven public sector reform: The need for within-government capacity build for the management of slope stability in communities in the caribbean

Environmental Management

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-29

  Anderson, Malcolm ^a   Holcombe, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Public sector reform; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LANDSLIDES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SLOPE PROTECTION;

COMMUNITY; LOCAL COMMUNITIES; PUBLIC-SECTOR REFORM;

SLOPE STABILITY;

GROUND WATER;

CAPACITY BUILDING; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL HAZARD; PUBLIC SECTOR; REFORM PROCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CARIBBEAN REGION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; NATURAL DISASTERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; SAINT LUCIA; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 29544448559     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0351-z     Document Type: Article

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