Shaky foundations and sustainable exploiters: Problems with national weak sustainability measures in a global economy

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-349

  Oleson, Kirsten L L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

genuine savings; globalization; international trade; national sustainability indicator; natural resource depletion; weak sustainability

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MACROECONOMICS; RESOURCE DEPLETION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 80052804739     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496511416747     Document Type: Article

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