Goal specificity: A proxy measure for improvements in environmental outcomes in collaborative governance

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 145, Issue , 2014, Pages 268-276

  Biddle, Jennifer C ^a   Koontz, Tomas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Collaborative environmental management; Logic model; Path analysis; Watershed partnerships

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

% REDUCTIONS; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCES; ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; GOAL SPECIFICITY; LOGIC MODELS; PATH ANALYSIS; PROXY MEASURE; WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP;

WATERSHEDS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PATH ANALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATH ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; WATERSHED; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MOTIVATION; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84905270557     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.06.029     Document Type: Article

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