Managing Socio-Ecological Systems to Achieve Sustainability: A Study of Resilience and Robustness

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-45

  Domptail, Stephanie ^a   Easdale, Marcos H ^b   Yuerlita, ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^c ANDALAS UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Arid rangelands; Fishery; Governance; Lake Singkarak; Namibia; Patagonia; Socio ecosystems; System thinking

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; FISHERY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MANAGEMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; RANGELAND; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYNERGISM;

ARGENTINA; INDONESIA; NAMIBIA; PATAGONIA;

EID: 84873927671     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.1604     Document Type: Article

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