Inclusive spaces in integrated river basin management: Discerning multiple boundaries of resource relations

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-367

  Sreeja, K G ^a   Madhusoodhanan, C G ^b   Shetty, P K ^a   Eldho, T I ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Inclusive basin; Inter basin water transfers; Management scales; River basin; Western ghats

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN;

INDIA;

EID: 84874335387     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2012.739172     Document Type: Article

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