Resilience in transboundary water governance: The Okavango river basin

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Green, Olivia O ^a   Cosens, Barbara A ^b   Garmestani, Ahjond S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive governance; International water law; Okavango; Resilience; Transboundary water governance; Treaty design

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BASIN MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL LAW; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RIVER BASIN; SOVEREIGNTY; STAKEHOLDER; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION;

OKAVANGO BASIN;

EID: 84878057351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05453-180223     Document Type: Article

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