A social-ecological framework for urban stewardship network research to promote sustainable and resilient cities

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Romolini, Michele ^a   Bixler, R Patrick ^b   Grove, J Morgan ^c  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental governance; Governance networks; Social ecological systems; Urban ecology; Urban natural resources management; Urban resilience

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATURAL RESOURCE; NETWORK DESIGN; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

PUERTO RICO; SAN JUAN [PUERTO RICO]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84990955137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8090956     Document Type: Article

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