A Comparative Analysis of the Transformation of Governance Systems: Land-Use Planning for Flood Risk

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 516-534

  Bell, Justine ^a   Morrison, Tiffany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

flood risk; Governance; planning; resilience; scaling up

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938950710     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2014.986567     Document Type: Article

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