Theorizing benefits and constraints in collaborative environmental governance: A transdisciplinary social-ecological network approach for empirical investigations

Ecology and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bodin, Örjan ^a,b   Robins, Garry ^c   McAllister, Ryan R J ^d   Guerrero, Angela M ^e   Crona, Beatrice ^a,f   Tengö, Maria ^a   Lubell, Mark ^g  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative governance; Connectivity; Exponential random graph models (ERGM); Interdisciplinary; Networks; Social ecological fit; Social ecological networks; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NATURE CONSERVATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84962667582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-08368-210140     Document Type: Article

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