A social innovation framework for water demand management policy: Practitioners' capabilities, capacity, collaboration, and commitment

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 474-483

  Wolfe, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Municipal; Norms; Organizations; Policy; Practitioners; Social innovation; Tacit knowledge; Water; Water demand management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INNOVATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67650296944     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920801901343     Document Type: Review

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