Individuals matter: Exploring strategies of individuals to change the water policy for the tisza river in Hungary

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 20-

  Werners, Saskia E ^a   Matczak, Piotr ^a   Flachner, Zsuzsanna ^a  

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Author keywords

Coalition; Hungary; Individual actor; Tisza river; Transition; Water policy change

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954490144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03405-150224     Document Type: Article

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