The anthropocene: A governance perspective

Anthropocene Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-61

  Biermann, Frank ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Earth System governance; International relations; Political science

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006192435     PISSN: 20530196     EISSN: 2053020X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2053019613516289     Document Type: Article

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