'Committing to place' at the local scale: The potential of youth education programs for promoting community participation in regional natural resource management

Australian Geographer

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 351-367

  Lane, Ruth ^a   Lucas, Damian ^b   Vanclay, Frank ^b   Henry, Sophie ^b   Coates, Ian ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Engagement; Environmental education; Murray Darling Basin; Natural resource management; Participation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33644851512     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180500325736     Document Type: Article

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