Social complexity and sustainability

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-103

  Tainter, Joseph A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapse; Complexity; Problem solving; Resiliency; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747325618     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2005.07.004     Document Type: Note

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