A resilience-based framework for evaluating adaptive co-management: Linking ecology, economics and society in a complex world

Ecological Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-74

  Plummer, Ryan ^a   Armitage, Derek ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Co management; Complex adaptive systems; Evaluation; Resilience; Sustainable livelihoods

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMANAGEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33846787072     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.09.025     Document Type: Article

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