Environmental governance in the European Union: Strategies and instruments for absolute decoupling

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 31-46

  Giljum, Stefan ^a   Hak, Thomas ^b   Hinterberger, Friedrich ^a   Kovanda, Jan ^b  

^a Sustainable Europe Research Institute Austria   (Austria)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Indicators; Instrument mix; Policy integration; Societal metabolism

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; METABOLISM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDICATORS; INSTRUMENT MIX; POLICY INTEGRATION; SOCIETAL METABOLISM;

PUBLIC POLICY;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23744456961     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijsd.2005.007373     Document Type: Article

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