Realizing water transitions: The role of policy entrepreneurs in water policy change

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 3-

  Huitema, Dave ^a   Meijerink, Sander ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case studies; Policy change; Policy entrepreneurs; Transition management; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954461653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03488-150226     Document Type: Review

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