Integrated monitoring and sustainability assessment in the Tyrolean Alps: Experiences in transdisciplinarity

Long Term Socio-Ecological Research: Studies in Society-Nature Interactions Across Spatial and Temporal Scales

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 527-554

  Haas, Willi ^a   Singh, Simron Jit ^a   Erschbamer, Brigitta ^b   Reiter, Karl ^c   Walz, Ariane ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alps; Biosphere reserve; Integrated monitoring; Participatory scenario development; Sustainability assessment; Transdisciplinary research; tztal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019259207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1177-8_22     Document Type: Chapter

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