Participatory process to prioritize actions for a sustainable management in a biosphere reserve

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 283-294

  Onaindia, Miren ^a   Ballesteros, Felipe ^a,d   Alonso, Germán ^b,e   Monge Ganuzas, Manu ^c   Peña, Lorena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Basque Government   (Spain)

^c Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve Technical Office   (Spain)

^d University Complutense of Madrid ^*

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biosphere reserve; Scenario planning; Socio ecological system; Stakeholder participation; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPAIN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84881260378     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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