Governance structures for ecosystem-based adaptation: Using policy-network analysis to identify key organizations for bridging information across scales and policy areas

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-84

  Vignola, Raffaele ^a,b,c   McDaniels, Timothy L ^a,b   Scholz, Roland W ^c  

^a Chair of Environmental Decisions for Global Change   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bridging organizations; Central America; Climate change; Ecosystem services; Information exchange; Policy network analysis; Soil regulation

Indexed keywords

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

EID: 84877061864     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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