Resources and cultural complexity: Implications for sustainability

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 24-34

  Tainter, Joseph A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapse; Complexity; Cultural evolution; Resources; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956098780     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2011.553539     Document Type: Article

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