Implementing integrated river basin management in China

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 19-

  te Boekhorst, Dorri G J ^a   Smits, Toine J M ^a   Yu, Xiubo ^b   Li, Lifeng ^c   Lei, Gang ^c   Zhang, Chen ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c World Wide Fund for Nature China ^*

Author keywords

China; Integrated river basin management; Policy entrepreneur; Yangtze river basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954491606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03369-150223     Document Type: Article

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