Socio-ecological regime transitions in Austria and the United Kingdom

Ecological Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 187-201

  Krausmann, Fridolin ^a   Schandl, Heinz ^b   Sieferle, Rolf Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Energy use; Industrialization; Labour; Land use; Social metabolism; Socio ecological regime; Transition

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; ENERGY USE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LABOR; LAND USE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSITION ZONE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38949100794     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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