Setting the scene: Human activities, environmental impacts and governance arrangements in antarctica

Antarctic Futures: Human Engagement with the Antarctic Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-24

  Tin, Tina ^a   Lamers, Machiel ^b   Liggett, Daniela ^c   Maher, Patrick T ^d   Hughes, Kevin A ^e  

^a Independent Environmental Consultant   (France)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Governance; Human activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955693867     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6582-5_1     Document Type: Chapter

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