Will the rest of the world live like America?

Technology in Society

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 343-360

  Ausubel, Jesse H ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Golden ratio; Inequality; Sustainable development; Zipf

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POPULATION STATISTICS; RAILROAD CARS; TRANSPORTATION;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HARMS; GLOBAL POPULATION; PHYSICAL OBSTACLES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2342577559     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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