Transforming innovation for sustainability

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Leach, Melissa ^a   Rockström, Johan ^b   Raskin, Paul ^c   Scoones, Ian ^a   Stirling, Andy C ^a   Smith, Adrian ^a   Thompson, John ^a   Millstone, Erik ^a   Ely, Adrian ^a   Arond, Elisa ^a   Folke, Carl ^a   Olsson, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

^c TELLUS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development goals; Grassroots; Planetary boundaries; Sustainability; Sustainable innovation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE MODELING; DRYLAND FARMING; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; INNOVATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RURAL ENERGY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EAST AFRICA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84864429099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04933-170211     Document Type: Article

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