Global environmental change III: Closing the gap between knowledge and action

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 587-596

  O'Brien, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

blind spots; global environmental change; paradigms; science policy interface; social change

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 84879904164     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132512469589     Document Type: Article

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