Legal constraints, environmental variability, and the limits of innovative environmental governance

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 684-693

  Owen, Dave ^a  

^a University of Maine School of Law   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay Delta; CALFED; Environmental law; Water law

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70349426199     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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