Realising the 'wellbeing dividend': An exploratory study using the Human Scale Development approach

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 384-393

  Guillen Royo, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Human needs; Human Scale Development; Qualitative methods; Sustainable consumption; Wellbeing; Wellbeing dividend

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; LITERATURE REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY;

CATALONIA; LERIDA [CATALONIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 78449252741     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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