Structuring problems in sustainability science: The multi-level DPSIR framework

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 479-488

  Ness, Barry ^a   Anderberg, Stefan ^a   Olsson, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; DPSIR; Eutrophication; H gerstrand; Hierarchies; Multi level; Scale; Sustainability science

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EUTROPHICATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 77649339974     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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