The meaning of global environmental change: Retheorizing culture in human dimensions research

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-248

  Proctor, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL CHANGE; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032191309     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-3780(98)00006-5     Document Type: Article

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