Rethinking the 'Project': Bridging the Polarized Discourses in IWRM

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-241

  Allan, Catherine ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adaptive management; integrated water resources management; Project; social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865210552     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2012.702012     Document Type: Article

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