Advancing transdisciplinary action research in rural Pennsylvania: The case for plural design in the Susquehanna River towns

Landscape Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-105

  Bowns, Caru ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Plural design; Susquehanna; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251609088     PISSN: 02772426     EISSN: 15532704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/lj.30.1.88     Document Type: Article

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