Social sustainability - society at the intersection of development and maintenance

Local Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1153-1166

  Åhman, Henrik ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

democracy; Jacques Derrida; pluralism; poststructuralism; social sustainability; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMOCRACY; SOCIAL THEORY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84885413177     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2013.788480     Document Type: Article

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