The South African Water Sector: on its Way Towards Adaptive Water Governance?

Climate Change Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 79-100

  Herrfahrdt Pähle, Elke ^a  

^a GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive governance; Good governance; Resilience; South Africa; Water governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897552012     PISSN: 16102002     EISSN: 16102010     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22266-5_6     Document Type: Chapter

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