The role of universities in developing interdisciplinary action research collaborations to understand and manage resilient social-ecological systems

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-135

  Manring, Susan L ^a  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive cycles and resilience of social ecological systems; Panarchy; Stakeholder learning networks; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS; DYNAMIC INTERACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORK; INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM; LEARNING NETWORK; PANARCHY; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

CURRICULA; ECOLOGY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PLANNING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOOLS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84890309357     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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