Transdisciplinary research: characteristics, quandaries and quality

Futures

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1046-1059

  Wickson, F ^a   Carew, A L ^b   Russell, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PROSPECT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 33747799945     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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