Economic sustainability of the economy: Concepts and indicators

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 47-64

  Spangenberg, Joachim H ^a,b,c  

^a Sustainable Europe Research Institute Bad Oeynhausen   (Germany)

^b Sustainable Europe Research Institute Austria   (Austria)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Economic sustainability; Orientor theory; Sustainability criteria; Systems analysis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; INTERLINKAGES; ORIENTOR THEORY; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC THEORY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 23744476278     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijsd.2005.007374     Document Type: Article

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