The ecosystem health metaphor in science and policy

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 114-127

  Ross, Nancy ^a   Eyles, John ^a   Cole, Donald ^a   Iannantuono, Adele ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health; Environmental policy; Metaphor; North American Great Lakes; Postmodern science

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001550587     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1997.tb01152.x     Document Type: Article

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