Converting community knowledge into catchment nutrient limits: A constructivist analysis of a new zealand collaborative approach to water management

Nature and Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 205-225

  Duncan, Ronlyn ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Collaborative governance; Community knowledge; Knowledge governance; Local knowledge; New Zealand; Nutrient limits; Science policy interface; Water management

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84880636729     PISSN: 15586073     EISSN: 15585468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/nc.2013.080205     Document Type: Article

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