Perspectives on a sustainable future

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-230

  Rotmans, Jan ^a   van Asselt, Marjolein B A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

global change and sustainable development; integrated assessment; perspectives; transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000103346     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.1999.004324     Document Type: Article

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