The Consumption of a Finite Planet: Well-Being, Convergence, Divergence and the Nascent Green Economy

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 475-499

  Pretty, Jules ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Ecosystem services; Green economies; Possessions and places; Well being

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS;

CONSUMPTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GREEN ECONOMIES; POSSESSIONS AND PLACES; WELL-BEING;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; NATURAL CAPITAL; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY APPROACH; POLITICAL SYSTEM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THRESHOLD;

ASIA; EUROPE; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883133215     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9680-9     Document Type: Article

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