Institutionalization of sustainable development in decision-making and everyday life practices: A critical view on the finnish case

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5639-5654

  Häikiö, Liisa ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Institutional change; Practice; Sustainable development; Utopia

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; SOCIAL CHANGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 84906891052     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6095639     Document Type: Article

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