Fostering environmental champions: A process to build their capacity to drive change

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-97

  Taylor, André ^a,b   Cocklin, Chris ^a,c   Brown, Rebekah ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Brisbane   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Environmental champions; Leadership; Six step process to build customized capacity building tools; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

TOOLS;

CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPION; LEADERSHIP; LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL INFORMATION; SIX-STEP PROCESS; SIX-STEP PROCESS TO BUILD CUSTOMIZED CAPACITY BUILDING TOOL; WATER AGENCIES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LEADERSHIP; RESEARCH WORK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEADERSHIP; PROCESS DESIGN;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84862778504     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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