The practice of transboundary decision making on the incomati river: Elucidating underlying factors and their implications for institutional design

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Slinger, Jill H ^a   Hilders, Marianne ^b   Juizo, Dinis ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Causal analysis; Decision making; Governance; Information use; Institutions; International water policy; Mozambique; Networks; River basin management; South africa; Southern africa; Swaziland

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

KOMATI RIVER; MOZAMBIQUE; SWAZILAND;

EID: 77953799147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03070-150101     Document Type: Article

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