Action research for sustainable water futures in western sydney: Reaching beyond traditional stakeholder engagement to understand community stakeholder language and its implications for action

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Webb, Tony ^a   Burgin, Shelley ^a   Maheshwari, Basant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action conversations; Community engagement; Effluent reuse; Recycled water; Water management; Water partnerships; Water perceptions; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549109818     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-008-9102-z     Document Type: Article

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