Evaluating participation in WFD river basin management in england and wales: Processes, communities, outputs and outcomes

Land Use Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 213-222

  Benson, David ^a   Fritsch, Oliver ^b   Cook, Hadrian ^c   Schmid, Marylise ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active involvement; Learning; Participation; River basin management; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; LEARNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; STAKEHOLDER;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84889657123     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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