‘Avoiding the certainty trap’: a research programme for the policy–practice interface

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1394-1411

  Paschen, Jana Axinja ^a   Beilin, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

adaptive governance; cooperative research; policy implementation; practice; socioecological resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESEARCH;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84925584915     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263774X15614170     Document Type: Article

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