Water, People, and Sustainability-A Systems Framework for Analyzing and Assessing Water Governance Regimes

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3153-3171

  Wiek, Arnim ^a   Larson, Kelli L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance analysis; Sustainability assessment; Sustainability principles, sustainable water governance; Water system

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GOVERNANCE ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIVELIHOOD ISSUES; SOCIAL ACTORS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE WATER; SYSTEMS FRAMEWORK; WATER GOVERNANCE; WATER SUSTAINABILITY; WATER SYSTEM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERWORKS;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTEGRATED APPROACH; REFORM PROCESS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84865517521     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0065-6     Document Type: Article

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