The value and limitations of Participatory Action Research methodology

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 474, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-21

  Mackenzie, John ^a   Tan, Poh Ling ^b   Hoverman, Suzanne ^a   Baldwin, Claudia ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Deliberative tools; Evaluation; Participatory Action Research; Water planning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AUSTRALIA; COLLABORATION; EVALUATION; PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH; PLANNING TOOLS; PROJECT PLANNING; PROJECT TEAM; RESEARCH APPROACH; ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; SOCIAL LEARNING; WATER PLANNING;

HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

RESEARCH;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; STATE ROLE; WATER PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84869508831     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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