Mess among disciplines: Interdisciplinarity in environmental research

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1521-1536

  Donaldson, Andrew ^a   Ward, Neil ^b   Bradley, Sue ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; ETHICS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 77956075460     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a42483     Document Type: Article

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