What might we say about a circular economy? Some temptations to avoid if possible

World Futures: Journal of General Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 542-554

  Webster, Ken ^a  

^a Sail Loft   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive cycle; Balancing resilience efficiency; Circular economy; Monetary circulation; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890199299     PISSN: 02604027     EISSN: 15561844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2013.835977     Document Type: Article

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