Towards adequately framing sustainability goals in research projects: The case of land use studies

Sustainability Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 263-276

  Wuelser, Gabriela ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Normative principles; Science studies; Science policy nexus; Sustainability conceptions; Sustainability research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904173804     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-013-0236-2     Document Type: Article

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