Ecosystem-based marine management in European regional seas calls for nested governance structures and coordination-A policy brief

Marine Policy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 373-381

  Raakjaer, Jesper ^a   van Leeuwen, Judith ^b   van Tatenhove, Jan ^b   Hadjimichael, Maria ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecosystem based marine management; Fragmented governance; MSFD; Nested governance; Regional cooperation; Soft modes of governance

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MARINE POLICY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); BALTIC SEA; BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84907596451     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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