A nexus perspective on competing land demands: Wider lessons from a UK policy case study

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 74-84

  Sharmina, Maria ^a   Hoolohan, Claire ^a   Bows Larkin, Alice ^a   Burgess, Paul J ^b   Colwill, James ^c   Gilbert, Paul ^a   Howard, David ^d   Knox, Jerry ^b   Anderson, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem services; Land use policy; Nexus; Resilience; Water energy food

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84958964978     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.02.008     Document Type: Article

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