Drivers of change in landholder capacity to manage natural resources

Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-26

  Jacobs, Brent C ^a   Brown, Peter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

capacity; change detection; land managers; natural resource management; policy; social science

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; DETECTION METHOD; DROUGHT; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84893032339     PISSN: 19390459     EISSN: 19390467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19390459.2013.869032     Document Type: Article

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