Sustainable development: Modern elixir or sack dress?

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 182-193

  Frazier, J G ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Continual growth; Magic; Policy; Revitalization; Science; Society; Taboo

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0030723427     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892997000246     Document Type: Review

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