The potential conflict between ecological sustainability and full employment

Environment and Employment: A Reconciliation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 24-93

  Lawn, Philip ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84869111479     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203879191     Document Type: Chapter

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