The lessons learned from shifting from global-change research programmes to transdisciplinary sustainability science

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 103-110

  Leemans, Rik ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER FOOTPRINT;

EID: 84969369424     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2016.01.001     Document Type: Review

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