The employment implications of a low-carbon economy

Sustainable Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-38

  McEvoy, D ^a,b   Gibbs, D C ^b   Longhurst, J W S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0034061897     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1719(200002)8:1<27::AID-SD120>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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