Integrated and adaptive management of water resources: Tensions, legacies, and the next best thing

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Engle, Nathan L ^a,b   Johns, Owen R ^a   Lemos, Maria Carmen ^a   Nelson, Donald R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Adaptive management; Institutional inertia; Integrated water resources management; Resilience; Trade offs; Water governance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTEGRATED APPROACH; TRADE-OFF; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 79954476637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03934-160119     Document Type: Article

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