Crossing cultural boundaries: Integrating Indigenous water knowledge into water governance through co-research in the Queensland Wet Tropics, Australia

Geoforum

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-152

  Maclean, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Shipton's Flat   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundary objects; Co research; Governance; Indigenous; Photovoice; Values

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY; CULTURE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PLANNING PROCESS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84921058951     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.12.008     Document Type: Article

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