Drifting between transitions. Lessons from the environmental transition around the river Acheloos Diversion project in Greece

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 102, Issue , 2016, Pages 275-286

  Frantzeskaki, Niki ^a   Thissen, Wil ^b   Grin, John ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crises; Drivers; Greece; Policy regimes; Social ecological transformation; Spillover effect; Transitions; Water institutions

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RIVERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TRUCK DRIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CRISES; ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION; GREECE; SPILLOVER EFFECTS; WATER INSTITUTIONS;

RIVER DIVERSION;

ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACHELOOS RIVER; GREECE;

EID: 84949501070     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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