Policy integration strategy and the development of the 'green economy': Foundations and implementation patterns

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-490

  Hamdouch, Abdelillah ^a,b   Depret, Marc Hubert ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b BURGUNDY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental innovations; Green economy; Integration of public policies; Multi level governance; Policy design and implementation; Territorial scales

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY STRATEGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77952719970     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640561003703889     Document Type: Article

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