Managing complexity in Australian urban water governance: Transitioning Sydney to a water sensitive city

Futures

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Floyd, Joshua ^a   Iaquinto, Benjamin L ^b   Ison, Ray ^b,c   Collins, Kevin ^c  

^a Centre for Australian Foresight   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decentralised water systems; Enthusiasm; Joseph Tainter; Resilience; Urban water management; Water sensitive cities

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LEADERSHIP; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84904176673     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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