Sustainability science: Accounting for nonlinear dynamics in policy and social-ecological systems

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 731-738

  Garmestani, Ahjond S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive governance; Adaptive management; Panarchy; Policy; Resilience; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

ADAPTIVE GOVERNANCE; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY; LEADING INDICATORS; PANARCHY; RESILIENCE; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84905678883     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-013-0682-7     Document Type: Article

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