An Approach to Analysing Scale-Sensitivity and Scale-Effectiveness of Governance in Biodiversity Conservation

Scale-Sensitive Governance of the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 241-262

  Primmer, Eeva ^a   Paloniemi, Riikka ^a   Mathevet, Raphaël ^b,l   Apostolopoulou, Evangelia ^c,k   Tzanopoulos, Joseph ^d   Ring, Irene ^e   Kettunen, Marianne ^f   Similä, Jukka ^a   Cent, Joanna ^g   Grodzińska Jurczak, Małgorzata ^g   Koellner, Thomas ^h   Antunes, Paula ⁱ   Pantis, John D ^c   Potts, Simon G ^j   Santos, Rui ⁱ  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)   (Belgium)

^g JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^l STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Environment; Governance mechanisms; Scale effectiveness; Scale sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922366136     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118567135.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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