What role for social-ecological systems research in governing global teleconnections?

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-40

  Challies, Edward ^a   Newig, Jens ^a   Lenschow, Andrea ^b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agri food system; Global commodity chains; Governance; Resilience; Social ecological systems; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; SOCIAL IMPACT; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 84905176927     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.04.015     Document Type: Article

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