Multi-level interactions in a sustainable development context: Different routes for Flanders to decision-making in the UN commission on sustainable development

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-82

  Van Den Brande, Karoline ^a   Happaerts, Sander ^a   Bruyninckx, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flanders; Interactions; Multi level governance; Subnational governments; Sustainable development; UN Commission on Sustainable Development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TYPOLOGY; UNITED NATIONS;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 78751614644     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.563     Document Type: Article

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