Reconfiguring environmental expertise

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-24

  Sörlin, Sverker ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental expertise; Environmental history; Environmental humanities; Environmental policy; Environmentalism; Scientific advice; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTISE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; NATURAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 84876424398     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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