Sustainable technology: Beyond fix and fixation

Controversies in Environmental Sociology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 132-149

  Davison, Aidan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84923457563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511804434.009     Document Type: Chapter

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