Analysis of the barriers to integration in landscape research projects

Land Use Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 374-385

  Tress, Gunther ^a   Tress, Bärbel ^a   Fry, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Academic traditions; Epistemology; Integrative research; Interdisciplinarity; Interpersonal barriers; Land use research; Organizational barriers; Time demand; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 33847133441     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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