Assessing the sustainability of water governance systems: the sustainability wheel

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1577-1600

  Schneider, Flurina ^a,d   Bonriposi, Mariano ^c   Graefe, Olivier ^b   Herweg, Karl ^a   Homewood, Christine ^b   Huss, Matthias ^b   Kauzlaric, Martina ^a   Liniger, Hanspeter ^a   Rey, Emmanuel ^a   Reynard, Emmanuel ^c   Rist, Stephan ^a   Schädler, Bruno ^a   Weingartner, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

indicators; interdisciplinary assessment; sustainability; visions; water governance; water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938414573     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2014.938804     Document Type: Article

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