Rural social–ecological systems navigating institutional transitions: case study from transylvania (romania)

Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Hartel, Tibor ^a   Olga réti, Kinga ^b   Craioveanu, Cristina ^b   Gallé, Róbert ^c   Popa, Răzvan ^d   Ioniţă, Alina ^e   Demeter, László ^f   Rákosy, László ^b   Czúcz, Bálint ^g  

^a SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA   (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d Foundation ADEPT   (Romania)

^e Propark Funda__ia pentru Arii Protejate   (Romania)

^f Misgurnus Association   (Romania)

^g INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

adaptive cycles; collapse and renewal; resilience; social ecological feedback; social ecological memory; Special Feature: Ecosystem Management in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028265813     PISSN: 20964129     EISSN: 23328878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ehs2.1206     Document Type: Article

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