Confronting international research topics with stakeholders on multifunctional land use: The case of Inner Mongolia, China

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Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 403-413

  König, Hannes J ^a   Podhora, Aranka ^a   Helming, Katharina ^a   Zhen, Lin ^b   Wang, Chao ^b   Wübbeke, Jost ^c   Baumeister, Tom ^a   Du, Bingzhen ^b   Yan, Huimin ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Interdisciplinary research; Research needs; Science policy interface; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910050840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor1172-007     Document Type: Article

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