What does 'natural capital' do? The role of metaphor in economic understanding of the environment

Environmental Values

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 431-448

  Åkerman, Maria ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calculative practice; Ecological economics; Natural capital; Power knowledge

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0344926275     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327103129341397     Document Type: Article

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