Evolving inter-regional co-operation in flood risk management: distances and types of partnership approaches in Austria

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 841-853

  Thaler, Thomas A ^a,b   Priest, Sally J ^a   Fuchs, Sven ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decision making; Flood risk management; Governance; Institutional arrangements; Partnership; Responsibility sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957971538     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-015-0796-z     Document Type: Article

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