Recomposing consumption: Defining necessities for sustainable and equitable well-being

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 375, Issue 2095, 2017, Pages

  Gough, Ian ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosocial policies; Equity; Human needs; Necessities; Recomposing consumption; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING;

EQUITY; HUMAN NEEDS; NECESSITIES; RECOMPOSING CONSUMPTION; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION;

PUBLIC POLICY;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN NEEDS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WELLBEING;

EID: 85018909879     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2016.0379     Document Type: Review

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