What is sustainability economics?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 445-450

  Baumgärtner, Stefan ^a   Quaas, Martin ^b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economics; Efficiency; Epistemology; Fairness; Future; Human nature relationship; Justice; Ontology; Philosophy of science; Sustainability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 72049098517     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.11.019     Document Type: Note

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