Economic growth does not reduce the ecological intensity of human well-being

Sustainability Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 149-156

  Jorgenson, Andrew K ^a   Dietz, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Development; Sustainability; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929326727     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-014-0264-6     Document Type: Article

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