Anticipatory governance for social-ecological resilience

Ambio

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 149-161

  Boyd, Emily ^a   Nykvist, Björn ^b,c   Borgström, Sara ^c   Stacewicz, Izabela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Anticipation; Climate change; Governance; Knowledge; Networks

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FRAGMENTATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE;

LAKE MALAREN; SWEDEN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84920794851     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0604-x     Document Type: Article

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