The scholarship of transdisciplinary action research: Toward a new paradigm for the planning and design professions

Landscape Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-18

  Thering, Susan ^a   Chanse, Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Meta analysis; Research methods; Transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251623694     PISSN: 02772426     EISSN: 15532704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/lj.30.1.6     Document Type: Article

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