Coevolutionary contradictions: Prospects for a research programme on social and environmental change

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-300

  Norgaard, Richard B ^a   Kallis, Giorgos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Environmental system; Epistemology; Social system; Socio environmental coevolution

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PLANNING THEORY; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL CHANGE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 83455262965     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2011.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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