Benefits, efforts and risks of participants in landscape co-management: An analytical framework and results from two case studies in Austria

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1256-1267

  Enengel, Barbara ^a   Penker, Marianne ^a   Muhar, Andreas ^a   Williams, Rachael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Co management; Cultural landscape; Landscape governance; Local participation; Time effort; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

COSTS;

AUSTRIA; CASE-STUDIES; CO-MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; DECISIONS MAKINGS; LANDSCAPE GOVERNANCE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MANAGEMENT PROCESS; TIME EFFORT; TRANSACTION COST;

DECISION MAKING;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION; LANDSCAPE; MONEY; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 79251606902     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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