Towards an understanding of how policy making groups use indicators

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-23

  Bell, Simon ^a   Morse, Stephen ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group think; Group work; Indicators; Policy; Rich picture; Wisdom of crowds

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE-BASED; GROUP MEMBERS; GROUP THINK; GROUP WORK; POLICY MAKING; RICH PICTURE; WISDOM OF CROWDS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); PUBLIC POLICY;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84884818711     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.12.023     Document Type: Article

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