Deliberate futures: Precaution and progress in social choice of sustainable technology

Sustainable Development

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 286-295

  Stirling, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation policy; Participation; Precaution; Sustainability; Technological progress

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 35648979555     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.347     Document Type: Article

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