A civic sort-of science: Addressing environmental managerialism in Canadian biosphere reserves

Environments

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 17-35

  Reed, Maureen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosphere reserves; Civic science; Conservation; Environmental management; Environmental managerialism; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE RESERVE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 77952697547     PISSN: 07116780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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