Technology and the environment in the history of the economic thought

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-334

  Belloc, Marianna ^a   D'Alessandro, Simone ^a   Di Maio, Michele ^a   Drago, Francesco ^a   Vertova, Pietro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classical economists; Ecological economics; Energy and economics; Environmental economics; History of economic thought; Multi criteria analysis; Natural resources; Neoclassical economics; New growth theory; Sustainable development; Technological progress

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GROWTH THEORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 47949084363     PISSN: 14666650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGENVI.2008.019367     Document Type: Article

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