Rapid policy network mapping: A new method for understanding governance structures for implementation of marine environmental policy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Bainbridge, John Michael ^a   Potts, Tavis ^a   O'Higgins, Tim Gerard ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RAPID POLICY NETWORK MAPPING; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; COMPREHENSION; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TIME;

COMPREHENSION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREAT BRITAIN; MARINE BIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054091291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026149     Document Type: Article

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