Geographies of sustainability: Low impact developments and radical spaces of innovation

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1515-1539

  Pickerill, Jenny ^a   Maxey, Larch ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INNOVATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 67949085187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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