Planetary boundaries and earth system governance: Exploring the links

Ecological Economics

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 4-9

  Biermann, Frank ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate governance; Earth system governance; International relations and politics; Planetary boundaries

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PARADIGM SHIFT; POLITICAL CONFLICT; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 84862613303     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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