Consumption and environment: Some conceptual issues

Ecological Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 347-363

  Princen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Environment; Policy

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0032763432     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(99)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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