Local perceptions of sustainability indicators: Issues of scale and implications for management

Rural Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-46

  O’toole, Kevin ^a   Wallis, Anne ^b   Mitchell, Brad ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c School of Life and Environmental Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Integration; Spatial scale; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247676629     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.351.16.1.25     Document Type: Article

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