"Liberating" social knowledges for water management, and more broadly environmental management, through "place-change planning"

Local Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1121-1136

  Hindmarsh, Richard ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

community engagement; place change; planning; social knowledges; water and environmental management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84868283835     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.729564     Document Type: Article

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