Doing integration in catchment management research: Insights into a dynamic learning process

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-31

  Ayre, Margaret ^a   Nettle, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Integration; Interdisciplinary; Knowledge production; Mechanisms; Research practice; Transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FARMING SYSTEM; MARKET; RIVER; TECHNOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84911381442     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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