Temporal variation in the relationship between environmental demands and well-being: A panel analysis of developed and less-developed countries

Population and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-47

  Knight, Kyle W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84906098893     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-013-0200-1     Document Type: Article

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