How does diversity matter? The case of Brazilian river basin councils

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bell, Andrew Reid ^a   Engle, Nathan Lee ^b   Lemos, Maria Carmen ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Identity diversity; Integrated water resources management

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; RIVER BASIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 79954493633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04019-160142     Document Type: Article

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