Mountain myths revisited: integrating natural and social environmental science

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-116

  Forsyth, Timothy ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN;

CULTURAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; MOUNTAIN AREA;

EID: 0031871823     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3673966     Document Type: Article

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