Reconsidering the dynamic interaction of renewable resources and population growth: A focus on long-run sustainability

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-45

  Prskawetz, Alexia ^a   Gragnani, Alessandra ^b   Feichtinger, Gustav ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dynamic models; Endogenous population growth; Local bifurcation theory; Renewable resource scarcity; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DYNAMIC MODELS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIFURCATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC INTERACTION; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; LOCAL BIFURCATIONS; POPULATION GROWTH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE SCARCITY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

GROWTH RATE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0037215877     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022456000505     Document Type: Article

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