The relevance of ecological and economic policies for sustainable development

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 853-870

  Hellstrand, Stefan ^a   Skånberg, Kristian ^a   Drake, Lars ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Chemicals Agency   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emergy; Exergy; Integrated assessment; Multi disciplinary; Resource concepts; Sustainable development; Value measures

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PLANNING; ECONOMIC THEORY; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXERGY; NATURAL RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67651207764     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-008-9156-1     Document Type: Article

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