From Rio to Rio via Johannesburg: Integrating institutions across governance levels in sustainable development deliberations

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-15

  Karlsson Vinkhuyzen, Sylvia I ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Institutions; Multi level governance; Rio+20; Sustainable development; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84857253216     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2011.01435.x     Document Type: Article

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