What does ‘natural capital’ do? The role of metaphor in economic understanding of the environment

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-52

  Åkerman, Maria ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 33749596624     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350462042000328730     Document Type: Article

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