Sustainability transitions: Insights on processes of niche-regime interaction and regime reconfiguration in agri-food systems

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 92-103

  Bui, S ^a   Cardona, A ^a   Lamine, C ^a   Cerf, M ^b  

^a INRA Ecodeveloppement   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Agri food system; Alternative food networks; Multilevel perspective; Niche regime interactions; Sustainability transitions

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; POLICY APPROACH; PUBLIC SERVICE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84994299083     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.10.003     Document Type: Article

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