Modellers' and outreach professionals' views on the role of models in watershed management

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 472-486

  Webler, Thomas ^a   Tuler, Seth ^a   Dietz, Thomas ^b  

^a Social and Environmental Research Institute   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediated modelling; Nitrogen loading; Participatory modelling; Policy models; Uncertainty; Watershed planning

Indexed keywords

LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MODEL TEST; NITROGEN; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82355194760     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.587     Document Type: Article

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