The river basin as a new scale for water governance in transition countries? A comparative study of Mongolia and Ukraine

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4705-4726

  Dombrowsky, I ^a   Hagemann, N ^b   Houdret, A ^a  

^a GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Governance scale; IWRM; Mongolia; River basin management; River basin organizations; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

GOVERNANCE SCALE; IWRM; MONGOLIA; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASINS; UKRAINE;

RIVERS;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; RIVER BASIN; WATER PLANNING;

MONGOLIA; UKRAINE;

EID: 84912103114     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3308-4     Document Type: Article

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