Fit, interplay, and scale: A diagnosis

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Vatn, Arild ^a   Vedeld, Paul ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental governance; Fit; Human action; Human environment interactions; Institutions; International environmental agreements; Interplay; Oran Young; Rational choice; Resource regimes; Scale; Social construction

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84871939776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05022-170412     Document Type: Article

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