The ability of regional coordination and policy integration to produce coherent marine management: Implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in the North-East Atlantic

Marine Policy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2016, Pages 108-116

  Cavallo, Marianna ^a,b   Elliott, Michael ^b   Touza, Julia ^c   Quintino, Victor ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coherence; Cooperation; Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Policy integration; Regional coordination

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MARINE POLICY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EUROPE;

EID: 84959345362     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.02.013     Document Type: Article

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