The human nature connection: Sustainable development policy implications

Innovation, Science, Environment: Canadian Policies and Performance, 2007/2008

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 200-218

  Nisbet, Elizabeth ^a   Zelenski, John ^a   Murphy, Steven ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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