Environmental Innovation and Sustainability Transitions in Regional Studies

Regional Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-21

  Truffer, Bernhard ^a,b   Coenen, Lars ^c,d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental innovations; Geography of transitions; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INNOVATION; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84855870846     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2012.646164     Document Type: Article

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