Pillars for a flourishing Earth: Planetary boundaries, economic growth delusion and green economy

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-79

  Kosoy, Nicolas ^a   Brown, Peter G ^a   Bosselmann, Klaus ^b   Duraiappah, Anantha ^c   Mackey, Brendan ^d   Martinez Alier, Joan ^e   Rogers, Deborah ^f   Thomson, Robert ^f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c International Human Dimensions Programme UNU   (Germany)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f Initiative for Equality ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84857915380     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.02.002     Document Type: Review

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