Using conceptual models as a planning and evaluation tool in conservation

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-147

  Margoluis, Richard ^a   Stem, Caroline ^a   Salafsky, Nick ^a   Brown, Marcia ^a  

^a Foundations of Success   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Conceptual model; Conservation project; Evaluation; Impact; Management; Monitoring; Planning; Theory of change

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMPLEXITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PLANNING METHOD;

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60949095983     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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