Life for sale? The politics of lively commodities

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2682-2699

  Collard, Rosemary Claire ^a   Dempsey, Jessica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commodification; Ecosystem services; Exotic pet trade; Life; Nonhumans

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84888424973     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a45692     Document Type: Article

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