Top-down, grassroots, and civic environmentalism: Three ways to protect ecosystems

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-51

  DeWitt, John ^a   Wu, Changhua ^b   Horta, Korinna ^c,d   Bell, Ruth Greenspan ^e   Kathuria, Vinish ^f   Schuren, Alyssa ^g  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Professional Association for China's Environmental (PACE)   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^d Resources for the Future ^*  (Portugal)

^e RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^f MADRAS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (India)

^g Toxics Action Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTALISM; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

EID: 32444443651     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2006)004[0045:TGACET]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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