Ex ante scale dynamics analysis in the policy debate on sustainable Biofuels in Mozambique

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Schut, Marc ^a   Leeuwis, Cees ^a   Van Paassen, Annemarie ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action oriented research; Biofuels; Ex ante scale dynamics analysis; Mozambique; Policy processes; Scale and level; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; BIOFUEL; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84876755078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05310-180120     Document Type: Article

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