Social learning research in ecological economics: A survey

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 116-126

  Siebenhüner, Bernd ^a   Rodela, Romina ^b,c   Ecker, Franz ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological economics; Knowledge; Learning; Social change; Social learning; Transdisciplinary studies

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPISTEMOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84944907715     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.09.010     Document Type: Review

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