Participatory research for adaptive water management in a transition country - a case study from Uzbekistan

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Hirsch, Darya ^a   Abrami, Geraldine ^b   Giordano, Raffaele ^c   Liersch, Stefan ^d   Matin, Nilufar ^e   Schlüter, Maja ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive water management; Amudarya river basin; Participatory methods; Stakeholder participation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; RIVER BASIN; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STAKEHOLDER;

AMU DARYA BASIN;

EID: 77958508797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03549-150323     Document Type: Article

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