Luxury or 'lock-in'? An exploration of unsustainable consumption in the UK: 1968 to 2000

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 80-95

  Jackson, Tim ^a   Papathanasopoulou, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer lock in; Functional purposes; Human needs; Input output modelling; Social aspirations; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FOSSIL; LIFESTYLE; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53749101532     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.01.026     Document Type: Article

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