Transdisciplinary environmental research: Building trust across professional cultures

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-119

  Harris, Frances ^a   Lyon, Fergus ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary; Collaboration; Interdisciplinarity; Land use; Professions; Qualitative; Sustainability; Transdisciplinarity; Trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HUMAN; LAND USE; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RESEARCH; TRUST;

EID: 84877660014     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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