Strong sustainability, critical natural capital and the capability approach

Ecological Economics

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 36-44

  Pelenc, Jérôme ^a   Ballet, Jérôme ^b  

^a Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique FRS FNRS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capability approach; Critical natural capital; Ecosystem services; Multidimensionality; Public deliberation; Strong sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; NATURAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84922962643     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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