Advocating an ambivalent approach to theorizing the built environment

Building Research and Information

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 280-289

  Cairns, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Phronesis; Power; Practical wisdom; Rationality; Theorizing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LIFE CYCLE; ONTOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

AMBIVALENCE; PHRONESIS; PRACTICAL WISDOM; RATIONALITY; THEORIZING;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 42149185642     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210801928164     Document Type: Article

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