Institutional credibility and leadership: Critical challenges for community-based natural resource governance in rural and remote Australia

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-29

  Pero, Lionel V ^a   Smith, Timothy F ^b  

^a University of the Sunshine Coast ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community based; Governance; Inspirational leadership; Institutional credibility; Natural resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149103454     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-007-0042-4     Document Type: Article

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