Collaborative water governance in New Zealand : turning the tide in the Canterbury region?

Memon, P; Weber, E

Publication

Collaborative water governance in New Zealand : turning the tide in the Canterbury region?

Authors

Memon, P, Weber, E

Date

2008-06

Type

Conference Contribution - published

Collections

Department of Environmental Management

Keywords

water resources, sustainability, resource management, Canterbury, collaborative governance

Abstract

Our objective in this paper is to draw on the increasingly voluminous international literature on collaborative approaches to watershed, natural resource, and ecosystem management to critically appraise the potential for successful collaborative governance of water resources in New Zealand, specifically in the Canterbury region of the South Island and specifically for the purpose of engendering sustainable communities.