Bionics vs. biomimicry: From control of nature to sustainable participation in nature

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 87, Issue , 2006, Pages 289-298

  Wahl, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomimicry; Bionics; Complexity; Design; Ecology; Health; Salutogenic; Scale linking; Sustainability; Transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CULTURAL RELATIONS; DESIGN; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; MIMICRY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 36148934888     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/DN060281     Document Type: Article

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