From scaling to governance of the land system: Bridging ecological and economic perspectives

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Veldkamp, Tom ^a   Polman, Nico ^b   Reinhard, Stijn ^b   Slingerland, Maja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Combined system perspective; Governance; New institutional economics; Scaling; Social ecological sciences

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 79954480711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03691-160101     Document Type: Article

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