The built environment interdiscipline: A theoretical model for decision makers in research and teaching

Structural Survey

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 301-310

  Chynoweth, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Education; Research; Teaching

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CURRICULUM DESIGNS; DECISION MAKERS; KNOWLEDGE CATEGORISATION; PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES; RESEARCH STRATEGY; TEACHING PRACTICES; THEORETICAL MODELING;

CURRICULA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; TEACHING;

RESEARCH;

EID: 70350399454     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630800910985090     Document Type: Article

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