Title: Editorial: governance – institutional and learning plans facilitating the appropriation of sustainable development

Authors: Helene Rey-Valette, Sylvie Lardon, Eduardo Chia

Addresses: LAMETA Laboratoire Montpellierain d'Economique Theorique et Appliquee, Faculte de Sciences Economiques, CS 79606 34960 Montpellier Cedex 2, France. ' INRA & AgroParisTech-ENGREF, Domaine des Cezeaux, BP 90 054, 24, Avenue des Landais, 63171 Aubiere Cedex, France. ' Centre International de Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement (CIRAD)/Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

Abstract: This editorial introduces the special issue which aims to clarify, from a theoretical as well as applied point of view, and above all based on a multi-discipline approach (economics, geography, management science, political science, information sciences, psychology and geomatics), the partnerships existing between governance and sustainable development so as to understand the interest and dimensions of territorial governance.

Keywords: territorial governance; sustainable development; sustainability; learning.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2008.026506

International Journal of Sustainable Development, 2008 Vol.11 No.2/3/4, pp.101 - 114

Published online: 17 Jun 2009 *

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