Prospects for an environmental economic geography: Linking ecological modernization and regulationist approaches

Economic Geography

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-215

  Gibbs, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological modernization; Economic geography; Environment; Regulation theory

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE;

EID: 33748301957     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2006.tb00296.x     Document Type: Article

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