Towards a more inclusive and precautionary indicator of global sustainability

Ecological Economics

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 141-154

  Pezzey, John C V ^a   Burke, Paul J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global sustainability; Optimism and pessimism; Population growth; Technical progress; Unknowability and induction

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GLOBAL WARMING; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GROWTH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALUATION;

EID: 84906057808     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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