Leverage points for sustainability transformation

Ambio

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 30-39

  Abson, David J ^a   Fischer, Joern ^a   Leventon, Julia ^a   Newig, Jens ^a   Schomerus, Thomas ^a   Vilsmaier, Ulli ^a   von Wehrden, Henrik ^a   Abernethy, Paivi ^a   Ives, Christopher D ^a   Jager, Nicolas W ^a   Lang, Daniel J ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human environment systems; Institutional change; Knowledge creation and use; Social ecological systems; Sustainability science; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

AGENDA 21; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84976324462     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0800-y     Document Type: Article

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