A boundary object for scale selection - Moderating differences and synergising understanding

Ecological Economics

Volumn 76, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-24

  Keshkamat, S S ^a,b   Kooiman, A ^c   van Maarseveen, M F A M ^a,b   der Veen, A van ^a,b   Zuidgeest, M H P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Boundary object; Conceptual framework; Identification; Issues of scale; Politics of scale; Scale; Stakeholder

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; STAKEHOLDER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84858335798     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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