Multiple pathways to sustainability in the city: The case of San Juan, Puerto Rico

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Muñoz Erickson, Tischa A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Adaptive governance; Frames; Knowledge action systems; Networks; San Juan; Sustainable pathways; Transformation; Urban social ecological systems; Visions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PLANNING PRACTICE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLITICS;

PUERTO RICO; SAN JUAN [PUERTO RICO];

EID: 84911372359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06457-190302     Document Type: Article

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