Five critical questions of scale for the coastal zone

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-21

  Swaney, D P ^a   Humborg, C ^b   Emeis, K ^c   Kannen, A ^d   Silvert, W ^e   Tett, P ^f   Pastres, R ^g   Solidoro, C ^h   Yamamuro, M ⁱ   Henocque Y ^j   Nicholls, R ^k  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^f EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^h ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^j IFREMER   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Coastal management; Fishery management; Governance; Regime shift; Scale

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECISION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATERSHED;

CHINA; HONG KONG; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; NORWAY; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 84655176330     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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