Transboundary governance of the Curonian Spit World Heritage Site

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 725-742

  Albrecht, Moritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Curonian Spit; National parks; Transboundary co operation; Transboundary governance; World Heritage Site

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PLANNING; NATIONAL PARK; STAKEHOLDER; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

LITHUANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 77955360644     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2010.488105     Document Type: Article

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