Closing the governance gaps in the water-energy-food nexus: Insights from integrative governance

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 45, Issue , 2017, Pages 165-173

  Weitz, Nina ^a   Strambo, Claudia ^a   Kemp Benedict, Eric ^a   Nilsson, Måns ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental governance; Environmental policy integration; Integrative environmental governance; Nexus; Policy coherence; Water energy food nexus

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY FLUX; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PERCEPTION; POLICY APPROACH; WATER ECONOMICS;

EID: 85021729906     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.06.006     Document Type: Article

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