Introductory editorial

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-18

  Koppenjan, Joop ^a   Frantzeskaki, Niki ^a   Loorbach, Derk ^a   Charles, Michael B ^b   Ryan, Neal ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Societal systems transitions; Sustainability transitions; Transition governance; Transition management

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SOCIETAL SYSTEMS; SOCIETAL SYSTEMS TRANSITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION; TRANSITION GOVERNANCES; TRANSITION MANAGEMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84857226052     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2012.044031     Document Type: Editorial

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