Can participatory modelling support social learning in marine fisheries? Reflections from the invest in Fish South West project

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 403-416

  Squires, Heather ^a   Renn, Ortwin ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical deliberative process; Marine fisheries; Multi stakeholder platforms; Participatory modelling; Social learning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LEARNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MODELING; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER;

EUROPE;

EID: 82355183373     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.588     Document Type: Article

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