Green economy thinking and the control of nitrous oxide emissions

Environmental Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-85

  Sutton, Mark A ^a   Skiba, Ute M ^a   van Grinsven, Hans J M ^b   Oenema, Oene ^c   Watson, Catherine J ^d   Williams, John ^e   Hellums, Deborah T ^f   Maas, Rob ^g   Gyldenkaerne, Steen ^h   Pathak, Himanshu ⁱ   Winiwarter, Wilfried ^j  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^f International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^j INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Barriers to change; Behavioral change; Green economy; Mitigation practices; Nitrous oxide; Policy options

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893689573     PISSN: 22114645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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