Rich pictures: A means to explore the 'sustainable mind'?

Sustainable Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-47

  Bell, Simon ^a,b   Morse, Stephen ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Bayswater Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group work; Rich pictures; Stakeholder engagement; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; INNOVATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84873819988     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.497     Document Type: Article

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