Collaborative environmental governance: Are watershed partnerships swimming or are they sinking?

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 748-757

  Benson, David ^a   Jordan, Andrew ^a   Cook, Hadrian ^b   Smith, Laurence ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Collaborative governance; Institutional development; Political contracting framework; Travelling problem; Watershed partnerships

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATERSHED;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862756473     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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