Towards a socio-ecological foundation for environmental risk research

Routledge International Handbook of Social and Environmental Change

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 207-220

  Renn, Ortwin ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84919423952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203814550     Document Type: Chapter

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