Sustainability and its economic interpretations

Scarcity and Growth Revisited: Natural Resources and the Environment in the New Millennium

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 121-141

  Pezzey, John C V ^a   Toman, Michael A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

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EID: 84920819501     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781936331499     Document Type: Chapter

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