A Formal Framework for Conceptions of Sustainability - a Theoretical Contribution to the Discourse in Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 400-410

  Christen, Marius ^a   Schmidt, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ecological constraints; Justice; Sustainability criteria; Sustainable development; Theory of sustainability; Transformation

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84867375417     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.518     Document Type: Article

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