Avoiding self-organized extinction: Toward a co-evolutionary economics of sustainability

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-36

  Gowdy, John ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate c; Co Evolution; COLLAPSE; Generalized c; Walrasian Economics; Well Being; World Systems Analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEVOLUTION; ECONOMIC THEORY; SELF ORGANIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WORLD SYSTEM;

EID: 34247208621     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500709469705     Document Type: Article

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