Seeding nature, ceding culture: Redefining the boundaries of the marine commons through spatial management and GIS

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-303

  Olson, Julia ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical GIS; Environmental subjectivity; Fisheries management; Neoliberalism; Political ecology; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GIS; NEOLIBERALISM; PRIVATIZATION; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76449102301     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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