Preparing for a low-energy future

Futures

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 883-892

  Moriarty, Patrick ^a   Honnery, Damon ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY USE; FORECASTING METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84870067182     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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