Integrated Freshwater Solutions - A New Zealand Application of Mediated Modeling

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 669-680

  Van den Belt, Marjan ^a   Schiele, Heike ^a   Forgie, Vicky ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adaptive management capacity; Decision support tools; Ecological economics; Indigenous stakeholders; Mediated Modeling; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; INDIGENOUS STAKEHOLDERS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BASIN MANAGEMENT; CAPACITY BUILDING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; WATER QUALITY;

MANAWATU BASIN; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 84878953802     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12064     Document Type: Article

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