Sustainability Through Design Science: Re-Imagining Option Spaces Beyond Eco-Efficiency

Sustainable Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 166-179

  Frye Levine, Laura Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design science; Eco efficiency; Ecological modernization; Jevons paradox; Multiple alternative scenario building; Option space; Post normal science; Rebound effect; Resource efficiency; Sustainability; Sustainability science; Sustainable area budget; Sustainable city; Sustainable development; Unsustainability

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84862899223     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.1533     Document Type: Article

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