Coping with change: Responses of the Uzbek water management regime to socio-economic transition and global change

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 620-636

  Schlüter, Maja ^a,b   Hirsch, Darya ^c   Pahl Wostl, Claudia ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Central Asia; Informal institutions; Transition; Uzbekistan; Water management regime

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOVERNMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UZBEKISTAN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78349309917     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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