Complex adaptive systems: Constructing mental models

Social Learning in Environmental Management: Towards a Sustainable Future

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 41-60

  Beavis, Sara ^a   Kaufman, Stefan ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84925759492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849772570     Document Type: Chapter

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