Planetary boundaries revisited: A view through the 'water lens'

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 581-589

  Bogardi, Janos J ^a   Fekete, Balázs M ^b   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FRESHWATER; HUMAN RESOURCE; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION GROWTH; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84890212349     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.10.006     Document Type: Review

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