Science–policy processes for transboundary water governance

Ambio

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 353-366

  Armitage, Derek ^a   de Loë, Rob C ^a   Morris, Michelle ^a   Edwards, Tom W D ^a   Gerlak, Andrea K ^b   Hall, Roland I ^a   Huitema, Dave ^c,j   Ison, Ray ^d,k   Livingstone, David ^e   MacDonald, Glen ^f   Mirumachi, Naho ^g   Plummer, Ryan ^h,l   Wolfe, Brent B ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Holarctic Environmental Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^k MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Adaptation; Collaboration; Environment; Governance; Sustainability; Transboundary water management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CANADA; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; STATE GOVERNMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84937977317     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0644-x     Document Type: Article

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