Frontiers in sustainable consumption research

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 234-240

  Reisch, Lucia A ^a   Cohen, Maurie J ^b   Thøgersen, John B ^c   Tukker, Arnold ^d,e  

^a CBS Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility ^*  (Denmark)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Global supply chains; Policies for sustainable consumption; Research questions; Sustainable consumption; Sustainable macroeconomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011995400     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.25.4.4     Document Type: Review

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