Policy integration for adaptive water governance: Learning from Scotland's experience

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 378-387

  Rouillard, J J ^a   Heal, K V ^b   Ball, T ^a   Reeves, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrated Water Resource Management; Polycentric governance; Rural land use; Sustainable Flood Management

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FLOODING; INTEGRATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN; RURAL AREA; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84884586679     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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