Looking Back, Thinking Forward: Distinguishing Between Weak and Strong Sustainability

The Oxford Handbook of Business and the Natural Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Roome, Nigel ^a  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Business contribution; Corporate environmental management; Education; Strong sustainability; Weak sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924907306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199584451.003.0034     Document Type: Chapter

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