Capacity, capability, collaboration, and commitment: How social networks influence practitioners of municipal water demand management policy in Ontario, Canada

Environmental Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 42-52

  Wolfe, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL NETWORK; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 48349108833     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: 14660474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046608080186     Document Type: Article

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