Objectives of public participation: Which actors should be involved in the decision making for river restorations?

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Junker, Berit ^a   Buchecker, Mattias ^a   Müller Böker, Ulrike ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION;

ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; RIVER RESTORATION;

RIVERS;

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION; RIVERS;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOOD CONTROL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 36749043063     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005584     Document Type: Article

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