Organizing Within Dynamic Ecosystems: Conceptualizing Socio-Ecological Mechanisms

Organization and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-297

  Boons, Frank ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adaptability; direct ecological impact; ecosystem dynamics; environmental strategy; literature review; social mechanisms; socio ecological nexus; socio ecological systems; system boundaries

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PLANNING METHOD; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84881565174     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026613498755     Document Type: Article

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