Environmental communication in the Information Age: Institutional barriers and opportunities in the provision of river data to the general public

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 47-53

  Arts, Koen ^a,b   Ioris, Antonio A R ^c   Macleod, Christopher J A ^d   Han, Xiwu ^e   Sripada, Somayajulu G ^e   Braga, João R Z ^e   van der Wal, René ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental regulator; Governance shifts; ICT; Innovation; River level; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL THINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTROSPECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SOCIAL LEARNING; STAFF; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84941979146     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.08.011     Document Type: Article

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