From Planning to Implementation: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches for Collaborative Watershed Management

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 416-442

  Koontz, Tomas M ^a   Newig, Jens ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Implementation; Stakeholder; Watershed

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; LANDOWNER; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STAKEHOLDER; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905814597     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psj.12067     Document Type: Article

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