The world economy in a cube: A more rational structural representation of sustainability

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-51

  Pulselli, Federico M ^a   Coscieme, Luca ^b   Neri, Laura ^a   Regoli, Andrea ^c   Sutton, Paul C ^d,e   Lemmi, Achille ^a   Bastianoni, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Economic system; Indicators; Inequality; Input state output; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; NATIONAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84940040095     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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