A Multilevel Community Capacity Model for Sustainable Watershed Management

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1101-1111

  Davenport, Mae A ^a   Seekamp, Erin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community capacity; resilience; watershed management

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

EID: 84882246310     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2012.729650     Document Type: Article

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