Water policy reform and innovation: A systematic review

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 263-271

  Moore, Michele Lee ^a   von der Porten, Suzanne ^a   Plummer, Ryan ^b,c   Brandes, Oliver ^a   Baird, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Policy innovation; Social innovation; Systematic review; Water governance; Water policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894252236     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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