Evaluating knowledge production in collaborative water governance

Water Alternatives

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-66

  Taylor, Brent ^a   de Loë, Rob C ^b   Bjornlund, Henning ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaborative governance; Knowledge production; South Australia; Water allocation planning

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84877958266     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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