The concept of weak sustainability

Ecological Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 147-156

  Gutés, Maite Cabeza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exhaustible resources; Growth theory; Natural capital; Production functions; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES; GROWTH THEORY; WEAK SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0030452322     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-8009(96)80003-6     Document Type: Review

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