Climate change and sustainable welfare: The centrality of human needs

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1191-1214

  Gough, Ian ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Human needs; Rights; Sustainability; Well being

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SUSTAINABILITY; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 84940831633     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bev039     Document Type: Article

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