The role of knowledge transfer in sustainability research in the built environment discipline

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2008 - Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 299-307

  Ganah, Abdulkadir ^a   Pye, Andrea ^a   Hall, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Built environment; Education; Knowledge transfer; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT; THIRD PARTIES;

EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84861072642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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