Interdisciplinarity and postmodernity in the environmental sciences

History and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 331-344

  Kwa, Chunglin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental Sciences; IGBP; Incommensurability; Lyotard; Science Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892046523     PISSN: 07341512     EISSN: 14772620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07341510500268207     Document Type: Article

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