A basic guide for empirical environmental social science

Ecology and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cox, Michael ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental social science; Research design; Research methods

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; RESEARCH METHOD;

EID: 84929330311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07400-200163     Document Type: Article

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