Exploring aboriginal people's connection to country to strengthen human-nature theoretical perspectives

Advances in Medical Sociology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-64

  Kingsley, Jonathan Yotti ^a   Townsend, Mardie ^a   Henderson Wilson, Claire ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal people; Biophilia; Human nature relationship; Place; Topophilia, solastalgia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887868998     PISSN: 10576290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1057-6290(2013)0000015006     Document Type: Review

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