The relevance of epistemic analysis to sustainability economics and the capability approach

Ecological Economics

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 144-152

  Birkin, Frank ^a   Polesie, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capability approach; Epistemic analysis; Sustainability economics

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE; SUSTAINABILITY;

FRANCE;

EID: 84875587771     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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