Ecological complexity, fuzzy logic, and holism in indigenous knowledge

Futures

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-12

  Berkes, Fikret ^a   Berkes, Mina Kislalioglu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 58049120396     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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