Seeking the grail: Evaluating whether Australia's Coastcare program achieved "meaningful" community participation

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 891-907

  Clarke, Beverley ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coast care; Community participation; Evaluation; Indicators; Natural resource management; Participatory democracy

Indexed keywords

LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 56349154083     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920801910716     Document Type: Article

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