Resilience and water governance: Adaptive governance in the Columbia river basin

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Cosens, Barbara A ^a   Williams, Mark Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive governance; Columbia River basin; Law; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL LAW; SALMONID; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; COLUMBIA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 84871963454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04986-170403     Document Type: Review

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