Towards adaptive management: Examining the strategies of policy entrepreneurs in dutch water management

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Brouwer, Stijn ^a   Biermann, Frank ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Policy change; Policy entrepreneurs; Strategies; Water management; Windows of opportunity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; POLICY MAKING; RISK FACTOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84930483552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04315-160405     Document Type: Article

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