A Narrative Policy Approach to Environmental Conservation

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 849-857

  Lawton, Ricky N ^a   Rudd, Murray A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context; Converger; Diverger; Ecosystem services; Narrative Policy Framework; Research impacts

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL THEORY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH;

EID: 84910133210     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0497-8     Document Type: Article

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