Social thresholds and their translation into social-ecological management practices

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Christensen, Lisa ^a   Krogman, Naomi ^b  

^a YUKON COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functionalism; Social ecological resilience; Thresholds; Yukon territory

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; THRESHOLD;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 84983724705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04499-170105     Document Type: Review

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