Multi-level Environmental Governance: Lessons from Australian natural resource management

Australian Geographer

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-186

  Lockwood, Michael ^a   Davidson, Julie ^a   Curtis, Allan ^b   Stratford, Elaine ^a   Griffith, Rod ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Good governance principles; Governance assessment; Natural resource management

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; STATE ROLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 68049083523     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180902964926     Document Type: Article

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