Environmentally efficient weil-being: Rethinking sustainability as the relationship between human well-being and environmental impacts

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-123

  Dietz, Thomas ^a   Rosa, Eugene A ^b   York, Richard ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Human well being; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249089997     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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