Participatory river basin management in the São João River, Brazil: A basis for climate change adaptation?

Climate and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-268

  Pereira, Luiz Firmino Martins ^a   Barreto, Samuel ^b   Pittock, Jamie ^c  

^a Cent   (Brazil)

^b WWF Brazil   (Brazil)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Brazil; Climate change; Institutions; River; S o Jo o; Water

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BASIN MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATER; EUTROPHICATION; LEADERSHIP; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES; VERDE RIVER;

EID: 84857770475     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cdev.2009.0026     Document Type: Article

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