Effective risk governance for environmental policy making: A knowledge management perspective

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-32

  Mauelshagen, Craig ^a   Smith, Mark ^a   Schiller, Frank ^a   Denyer, David ^b   Rocks, Sophie ^a   Pollard, Simon ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterprise risk management; Environmental policy; Knowledge management; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TURNOVER TIME;

EID: 84901362003     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.04.014     Document Type: Article

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