Sustainable development—ten arguments against a biologistic ‘slow-down’ philosophy of social and economic development

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-16

  Heilig, Gerhard K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conflict; Social evolution; Social theory; Sustainable development; back to nature ideology

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL CRITIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; SOCIAL THEORY; SOCIOCULTURAL CONSTRAINTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0031437553     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509709469937     Document Type: Article

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