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Cultural ecology: the problematic human and the terms of engagement

Lesley Head

GeoQuEST Research Centre and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia, lhead{at}uow.edu.au

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Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 31, No. 6, 837-846 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0309132507080625
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