Environmental communication in the information society: The blueprint from europe

Information Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-138

  Mathur, Piyush ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Environment Programme; Environmental Communication; European Environment Agency (EEA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 61949083692     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240802701676     Document Type: Article

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