Inventing a sustainable future: Australia and the challenge of eco-innovation

Futures

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 215-229

  Falk, Jim ^a   Ryan, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; INNOVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33751505946     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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