The resilience of big river basins

Water International

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-95

  Cumming, Graeme S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Complexity; Ecosystem services; Governance; Poverty; Social ecological system; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751692510     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2011.541016     Document Type: Article

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