Science, systems and geomorphologies: Why LESS may be more

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1323-1340

  Richards, Keith ^a   Clifford, Ncholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earth systems science; General system theory; Geomorphology; Local environmental systems science; Sociology of scientific knowledge

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BRITISH SOCIETY; EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE; EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; GENERAL SYSTEM THEORY; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS SCIENCE; RE SEARCH GROUP; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS; SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE; SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; TEMPORAL SCALING;

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EARTH SCIENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 49649089476     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1718     Document Type: Article

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