Environmental justice and conceptions of the green economy

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-27

  Ehresman, Timothy G ^a   Okereke, Chukwumerije ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Green economy; International environmental justice; Rio+20; Social justice; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925521879     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-014-9265-2     Document Type: Article

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