Building leadership capacity to drive sustainable water management: The evaluation of a customised program

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2797-2807

  Taylor, A C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Evaluation; Leadership; Sustainable urban water management

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER INDUSTRIES;

INDUSTRY; PROFITABILITY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; INVESTMENT; LEADERSHIP; LITERATURE REVIEW; SUSTAINABILITY; TRIANGULATION; URBAN AREA; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDROLOGY; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENT; LEADERSHIP; LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; TRAINING; TRIANGULATION; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEADERSHIP; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; WATER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77954520415     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.250     Document Type: Review

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