The concept of scale and the human dimensions of global change: A survey

Ecological Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-239

  Gibson, Clark C ^a   Ostrom, Elinor ^b   Ahn, T K ^b  

^a Centre for the Study of Institutions   (United States)

^b Department of Political Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Human dimensions; Level; Scale; Social science

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; GLOBAL CHANGE; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 0033951543     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(99)00092-0     Document Type: Article

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