Water governance, resilience and global environmental change - A reassessment of integrated water resources management (IWRM)

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Galaz, Victor ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Global environmental change; Governance; IWRM; Resilience; Water policy

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER RESOURCES;

GLOBAL EVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; WATER POLICY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

FRESH WATER;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34548844769     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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