Tools for wetland management: Lessons learnt from a comparative assessment

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 138-145

  Cools, J ^a,b   Johnston, R ^c   Hattermann, F F ^d   Douven, W ^e   Zsuffa, I ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Antea Group   (Belgium)

^c International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Sri Lanka)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^f VITUKI   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Comparative assessment; Decision support; Science policy interface; Trade offs; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

RAIN; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SANITATION; SIMULATION; SLUDGE; SOLID WASTE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; ZONATION;

EID: 84890161367     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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