Environmental sciences, sustainable development and circular economy: Alternative concepts for trans-disciplinary research

Environmental Development

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 48-56

  Sauvé, Sébastien ^a   Bernard, Sophie ^a,b   Sloan, Pamela ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Environmental protection; Multi pluri inter trans disciplinary research; Sustainability science; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945373738     PISSN: 22114645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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