Healthy country, healthy people: An Australian Aboriginal organisation's adaptive governance to enhance its social-ecological system

Geoforum

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 94-105

  MacLean, Kirsten ^a,b   Ross, Helen ^b   Cuthill, Michael ^c   Rist, Philip ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Girringun Aboriginal Corporation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Adaptive governance; Australia; Cross cultural; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84874022811     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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