Geography and the new social contract for global change research

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 328-347

  Castree, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

democracy; geoscience; global change research; interdisciplinarity; post normal inquiry; representation; social contract

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH;

EID: 84979038809     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tran.12125     Document Type: Article

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