Institutional change for strong sustainable consumption: Sustainable consumption and the degrowth economy

Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-77

  Spangenberg, Joachim ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Democracy; Environmental impacts; Financial management; Public policy; Resource consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904103264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15487733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15487733.2014.11908125     Document Type: Article

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