Civil engineering's image - A five-year update

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 132-137

  Hamill, Les ^a   Hodgkinson, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education training; Marketing public relations; Social impact

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; EDUCATION; MARKETING; SOCIAL IMPACT; TRAINING;

EID: 49449105823     PISSN: 0965089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/cien.2008.161.3.132     Document Type: Article

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