Welcome to the Anthropocene: Rio+20 and the Meaning Sustainable Development

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-338

  Clémençon, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

development; environment; globalization; Rio+20; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865096621     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496512457289     Document Type: Editorial

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