Assessing management regimes in transboundary river basins: Do they support adaptive management?

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Raadgever, G T ^a   Mostert, Erik ^a   Kranz, Nicole ^b   Interwies, Eduard ^c   Timmerman, Jos G ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c InterSus Sustainability Services

^d RWS Centre for Water Management

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Management regime; Orange; Rhine; River basin; Transboundary

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BASIN MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; ORANGE BASIN; RHINE BASIN; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 50149104192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02385-130114     Document Type: Review

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