Visions of sustainability in bioeconomy research

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1222-1249

  Pfau, Swinda F ^a   Hagens, Janneke E ^a   Dankbaar, Ben ^a   Smits, Antoine J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioeconomy; Biomass; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VISION;

EID: 84897088043     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6031222     Document Type: Review

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