Costs, benefits and sustainability in decision-making, with special reference to global warming

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 315-333

  Ekins, Paul ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cost benefit analysis; environmental policy making; global warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141983129     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2000.001538     Document Type: Article

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