Explaining continuity and change in international policies: Issue linkage, venue change, and learning on policies for the river Scheldt estuary 1967-2005

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 848-866

  Maijerink, Sander ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; ENVIRONMENTALISM; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LEARNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 43349107093     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a3911     Document Type: Article

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