Using consensus analysis to assess mental models about water use and management in the Crocodile River catchment, South Africa

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Stone Jovicich, Samantha S ^a   Lynam, Timothy ^a   Leitch, Anne ^a,b   Jones, Natalie A ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consensus analysis; Mental models; South Africa; Water management

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PLANNING METHOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

CROCODILE RIVER; MPUMALANGA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79954556403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03755-160145     Document Type: Article

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