Should mountains (really) matter in science and policy?

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Balsiger, Jörg ^a   Debarbieux, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Framing; Mountains; Regional environmental governance; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937759386     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.03.015     Document Type: Editorial

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