Sustainability as global attractor: The greening of the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Global Networks

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 510-528

  Mol, Arthur P J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BEIJING OLYMPICS; COMPLEXITY; GLOBAL ATTRACTOR; MEGA EVENT; SUSTAINABILITY

Indexed keywords

ACROSS TIME; GLOBAL ATTRACTOR; OLYMPICS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPLEXITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GREENSPACE; OLYMPIC GAMES; SUSTAINABILITY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 77955367847     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2010.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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