Making capacity building meaningful: A framework for strategic action

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 833-846

  Robins, Lisa ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Decentralization; Governance; National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP); Natural Heritage Trust; Natural resource management

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; DECENTRALIZATION; GOVERNANCE; NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR SALINITY AND WATER QUALITY (NAP); NATURAL HERITAGE TRUST; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

BUILDINGS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WATER QUALITY;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

CAPACITY BUILDING; DECENTRALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SALINITY; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOARD OF TRUSTEES; CAPITAL; DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENT; LEARNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GEOGRAPHY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 54049137964     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9158-7     Document Type: Article

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