Fragmented international governance of Arctic offshore oil: Governance challenges and institutional improvement

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 79-99

  Humrich, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LEGISLATION; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; OIL FIELD; OIL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; REGULATORY APPROACH;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84881008297     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/GLEP_a_00184     Document Type: Article

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