Pure theory or useful tool?. Experiences with transdisciplinarity in the Piedmont Alps

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 322-329

  Höchtl, Franz ^a   Lehringer, Susanne ^b   Konold, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine research; Applied research; Public participation; Scientific methodology; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

APPLIED RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; ITALY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33646497647     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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