Building and managing resilience in community-based NRM groups: An Australian case study

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-171

  Gooch, Margaret ^a   Warburton, Jeni ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community based NRM groups; Local environment; Resilience; Socioecological systems; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 58149474135     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920801967880     Document Type: Article

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