The EU legal framework for the management of marine complex social-ecological systems

Marine Policy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 44-51

  Bigagli, Emanuele ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Ecological resilience; European Union law; Marine social ecological systems; MSFD

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUROPEAN UNION; FRAGMENTATION; LEGISLATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84920885434     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.11.025     Document Type: Article

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