Perspectives on capacity building to guide policy and program development and delivery

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 687-701

  Robins, Lisa ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Community participation; Decentralised governance; Institutional arrangements; Natural resource management (NRM)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; DECENTRALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 54049141995     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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