A critical appreciation of the "bottom-up" approach to sustainable water management: Embracing complexity rather than desirability

Local Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-366

  Smith, Julia L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Community participation; Developing countries; Empowerment; Limitations; Participatory; Top down; Water management

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; DEVELOPING WORLD; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 46749111157     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830701803323     Document Type: Article

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