Self-organization and sustainability: Energetics of evolution and implications for ecological economics

Ecological Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-134

  Buenstorf, Guido ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emergent properties; Evolutionary feedback; Innovation; Lotka principles; Self organization; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0034126472     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(99)00133-0     Document Type: Article

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