A typology of resilience: Rethinking institutions for sustainable development

Organization and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 482-511

  Handmer, John W ^a   Dovers, Stephen R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0001599871     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108602669600900403     Document Type: Article

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