Sustainability: A review of the debate and an extension

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-110

  Van Der Hamsvoort, Carel P C M ^a   Latacz Lohmann, Uwe ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological economics; Environmental utilisation space; Natural capital; Sustainable development; Technological optimism; Technological pessimism

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORY;

EID: 0031720269     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509809469974     Document Type: Article

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