The cathedral and the bazaar: Monocentric and polycentric river basin management

Water Alternatives

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-101

  Lankford, Bruce ^a   Hepworth, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b LTS International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; IWRM; Regulatory water management; River basin management; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BASIN MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER BASIN; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77956664662     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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