Why Land Planners and Water Managers Don't Talk to One Another and Why They Should!

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 356-364

  Gober, Patricia ^a,b   Larson, Kelli L ^a   Quay, Ray ^a   Polsky, Colin ^c   Chang, Heejun ^d   Shandas, Vivek ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate adaptation; governance gap; land planning; suburban drought; sustainable resource use; urban growth; water management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND USE PLANNING; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; OREGON; PHOENIX; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873899966     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2012.713448     Document Type: Article

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