Water and democracy: New roles for civil society in water governance

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 666-677

  Susskind, Lawrence ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

civil society; collaborative adaptive management; direct democracy; representative democracy; stakeholder engagement; water policy

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; COLLABORATIVE ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENTS; DIRECT DEMOCRACY; REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; WATER POLICIES;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; INVESTMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CIVIL SOCIETY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE;

EID: 84884485911     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2013.781914     Document Type: Article

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