Readiness and willingness of the public to participate in integrated water management: Some insights from the Levant

Water Policy

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 101-120

  Ker Rault, Philippe Ange ^a   Vreugdenhil, Heleen ^b   Jeffrey, Paul ^c   Slinger, Jill Hillary ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bottom up versus top down views; Cross national comparison; Environmental governance; Integrated water management; Public participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885400260     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2013.015     Document Type: Article

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