The interplay of well-being and resilience in applying a social- ecological perspective

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Armitage, Derek ^a   Béné, Chris ^b   Charles, Anthony T ^c   Johnson, Derek ^d   Allison, Edward H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b IDS Sussex ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agency; Governance; Integration; Interdisciplinarity; Policy; Sustainability; Thresholds; Transdisciplinarity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIAL THEORY; THRESHOLD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871966193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04940-170415     Document Type: Article

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