Natural resources management arrangements in the Lake Eyre Basin: An enabling environment for community engagement?

Rural Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-42

  Larson, Silva ^a   Brake, Lynn ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Institutional arrangements; NRM; Participation; Public consultation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857552823     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.2011.21.1.32     Document Type: Article

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