Integration and implementation sciences: Building a new specialization

Ecology and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Bammer, Gabriele ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complexity; Integration; Knowledge management; Participatory methods; Synthesis; Systems thinking; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL THEORY; KNOWLEDGE; POLICY ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

EID: 27444446935     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01360-100206     Document Type: Article

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