Co-engineering participatory water management processes: Theory and insights from Australian and Bulgarian interventions

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Daniell, Katherine A ^a   White, Ian ^b   Ferrand, Nils ^c   Ribarova, Irina S ^d   Coad, Peter ^e   Rougier, Jean Emmanuel ^f   Hare, Matthew ^g   Jones, Natalie A ^h   Popova, Albena ^d   Rollin, Dominique ^c   Perez, Pascal ^a,i   Burn, Stewart ⁱ  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UMR G EAU   (France)

^d University of Architecture

^e Hornsby Shire Council

^f United Nations University ^*

^g UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co engineering; Conflict; Multiple objectives; Negotiation; Participatory process; Planning; Water management

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; BULGARIA;

EID: 77958484813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03567-150411     Document Type: Article

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