The united nations conference on sustainable development: Forty years in the making

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 971-987

  Linnér, Björn Ola ^a,b   Selin, Henrik ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conferences; Environment; Millennium development goals; Sustainable development; United nations

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84890830342     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c12287     Document Type: Article

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