Charting the emergence of 'global water initiatives' in world water governance

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 150-155

  Varady, Robert G ^a   Meehan, Katharine ^a   McGovern, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Global water governance; Institutions; Policy; Transboundary water

Indexed keywords

WATER MANAGEMENT;

DYNAMIC ORGANIZATIONS; GLOBAL WATER GOVERNANCE; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL DIVERSITIES; INSTITUTIONS; INTERNATIONAL WATERS; POLICY; POLICY-MAKERS; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER; WATER EXPERTS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

EID: 58849104386     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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