Sustainability, Systems Thinking and Ecological Worldview
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Information systems and ecological sustainability
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: DEStech Transactions on Environment, Energy and Earth Science
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2475-8833
DOI: 10.12783/dteees/peem2016/5050