Human progress towards equitable sustainable development: A philosophical exploration;W kierunku sprawiedliwego i zrównowazonego rozwoju ludzkości: Rozwazania filozoficzne

Problemy Ekorozwoju

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-44

  Udo, Victor ^a   Pawłowski, Artur ^b  

^a Pepco Holdings Inc   (United States)

^b LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cascaded S Curve Model; Globalization; Sustainable consumerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951499841     PISSN: 18956912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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