Sustainability science needs to include sustainable consumption

Environment

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-25

  Brown, Halina Szejnwald ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84856940049     PISSN: 00139157     EISSN: 19399154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2012.639598     Document Type: Note

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