Citizen science for water resources management: Toward polycentric monitoring and governance?

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Buytaert, Wouter ^a   Dewulf, Art ^b   De Bièvre, Bert ^c   Clark, Julian ^d   Hannah, David M ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FONAG   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84964043710     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000641     Document Type: Editorial

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