Social capital and governance: A social network analysis of forest biodiversity collaboration in Central Finland

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 90-97

  Borg, Riikka ^a   Toikka, Arho ^b   Primmer, Eeva ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cooperative networks; Non industrial private forest; Social capital; Social networks analysis (SNA); Voluntary forest conservation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; INFORMATION THEORY; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

COOPERATIVE NETWORKS; FOREST CONSERVATION; NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FORESTS; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL NETWORKS ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 84919463973     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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