Dynamics of experimental governance: A meta-study of functions and uses of climate governance experiments

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 169, Issue , 2017, Pages 8-16

  Laakso, Senja ^a   Berg, Annukka ^b   Annala, Mikko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Demos Helsinki   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate governance; Experimental governance; Experiments; Meta study; Triangle model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPERIMENTS;

CLIMATE GOVERNANCE; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL GOVERNANCE; HORIZONTAL DYNAMICS; META-STUDY; POTENTIAL UTILITY; TRIANGLE MODEL;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 85019105925     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.140     Document Type: Article

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