Communication and the narrative basis of sustainability: Observations from the municipal water sector

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4428-4443

  Herrick, Charles N ^a   Pratt, Joanna L ^a  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Constitutive discourse; Contested concepts; Narrative; Sustainability; Transactional discourse; Water sector; Water utility

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; RESEARCH METHOD; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887188774     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5104428     Document Type: Article

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