Managing the marine environment: Is the DPSIR framework holistic enough?

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 497-508

  Atkins, Jonathan P ^a   Gregory, Amanda J ^a   Burdon, Daryl ^a   Elliott, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; DPSIR framework; Ecosystem services; Marine policy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455175701     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.1111     Document Type: Article

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