Public sector administration of ecological economics systems using mediated modeling

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1185, Issue , 2010, Pages 196-210

  Van Den Belt, Marjan ^a   Kenyan, Jennifer R ^b   Krueger, Elizabeth ^b   Maynard, Alison ^b   Roy, Matthew Galen ^b   Raphael, Ian ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Collaborative learning; Mediated modeling; Participation; Public sector administration; Reflective learning; System dynamics; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MODEL; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 76849092885     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05164.x     Document Type: Review

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