Weak comparability of values as a foundation for ecological economics

Ecological Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-286

  Martinez Alier, Joan ^a   Munda, Giuseppe ^a   O'Neill, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compensabitity; Ecological economics; Incommensurability; Multicriteria evaluation; Sustainability; Values

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0031687231     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(97)00120-1     Document Type: Article

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