Strategic Adaptive Management in freshwater protected areas and their rivers

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1194-1203

  Kingsford, Richard T ^a   Biggs, Harry C ^b   Pollard, Sharon R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

^c Association for Water and Rural Development AWARD   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Complexity; Environmental flows; Feedbacks; Management cycles; Resilience; River regulation; River restoration; Threats.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMPLEXITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; PROTECTED AREA; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79952619017     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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