Growth, a-growth or degrowth to stay within planetary boundaries?

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 909-920

  Van Den Bergh, Jeroen C J M ^a   Kallis, Giorgos ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

a growth; degrowth; environmental sustainability; gross domestic product (GDP); growth paradigm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871401705     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEI0021-3624460404     Document Type: Article

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