Governing the urban wetlands: A multiple case-study of policy, institutions and reference points

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 276-289

  Hettiarachchi, Missaka ^a   McAlpine, Clive ^a   Morrison, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

environmental governance; institutions; policy development; reference points; urban wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WETLANDS; ECOSYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES; INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; REFERENCE POINTS; URBAN WETLANDS;

PUBLIC POLICY;

BENCHMARKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; WETLAND MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FLOODPLAIN; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

EID: 84906782960     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892913000519     Document Type: Article

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