Transdisciplinarity: Context, contradictions and capacity

Futures

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 460-472

  Russell, A Wendy ^a   Wickson, Fern ^a,b   Carew, Anna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Technology and Society   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LEARNING;

EID: 43049118235     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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