Institutional challenges for integrated river basin management in Langat River Basin, Malaysia

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 495-503

  Mokhtar, Mazlin Bin ^a   Toriman, Mohd Ekhwan Hj ^a   Hossain, Md Abdullah Abraham ^a   Tan, Kok Weng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Institutional analysis and development (IAD) framework; Integrated river basin management; Langat River Basin; Social learning; Water governance

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS; LANGAT RIVER BASIN; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL LEARNING; WATER GOVERNANCE;

INTEGRATION; RIVERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATERSHEDS;

RAIN;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEDERAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LEARNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RIVER BASIN; STAKEHOLDER; WATER PLANNING;

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HYDROLOGY; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALAYSIA; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SOCIAL NETWORK; WATER MANAGEMENT;

LANGAT BASIN; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 82155201437     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2010.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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