Building skills for sustainability: A role for regional research networks

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Mukhopadhyay, Pranab ^a,b   Nepal, Mani ^b,c   Shyamsundar, Priya ^b  

^a GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)   (United States)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Environment and economics; Research networks; South Asia; Sustainability knowledge

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN CAPITAL; KNOWLEDGE; SUSTAINABILITY;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84923541011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07105-190445     Document Type: Article

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