Towards a just and sustainable future

Tackling Wicked Problems: Through the Transdisciplinary Imagination

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-15

  Brown, Valerie A ^a,b   Deane, Peter M ^c   Harris, John A ^e   Russell, Jacqueline Y ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NONE

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EID: 84909578566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849776530     Document Type: Chapter

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