Global water governance in the context of global and multilevel governance: Its need, form, and challenges

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Gupta, Joyeeta ^a,b   Pahl Wostl, Claudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global governance; Multilevel governance; Scale; Water governance

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84890215425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05952-180453     Document Type: Article

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