Crumbling land: The postmodernity debate and the analysis of environmental problems

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-40

  Gandy, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; POST-MODERNISM; THEORETICAL STUDIES;

EID: 0029728837     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030913259602000102     Document Type: Article

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