Sustainability transformations: A resilience perspective

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Olsson, Per ^a   Galaz, Victor ^a   Boonstra, Wiebren J ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agency; Innovation; Resilience; Social ecological systems; Sustainability transformation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84924425314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06799-190401     Document Type: Article

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