Genuine Community Engagement in Remote Dryland Regions: Natural Resource Management in Lake Eyre Basin

Geographical Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-182

  Measham, Thomas G ^a,d   Richards, Carol ^b   Robinson, Catherine J ^a   Larson, Silva ^a   Brake, Lynn ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community participation; Community Based NRM; Deliberative democracy; Desert environments; Dryland development paradigm

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DESERT; DRYLAND FARMING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79955509019     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2011.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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