The politics of social-ecological resilience and sustainable socio-technical transitions

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Smith, Adrian ^a   Stirling, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governance; Social ecological resilience; Socio technical transitions

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COMPLEXITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77953772819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03218-150111     Document Type: Article

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