Environmental stability and sustainable development

Sustainable Development

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 326-336

  Santos, Miguel A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeorhesis; Homeostasis; Metastate; Stability; Stabilizing energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 29144500371     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.259     Document Type: Article

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