Exploring an environmental conflict from a capability perspective

Ecological Economics

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-39

  Griewald, Yuliana ^a   Rauschmayer, Felix ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capability approach; Collective actors; Environmental conflict; Flood protection; Nature protection

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FLOOD DAMAGE; PROTECTED AREA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

GERMANY; LEIPZIG; SAXONY;

EID: 84894110660     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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