Metabolic Inequality and Its Impact on Efficient Contraction and Convergence of International Material Resource Use

Ecological Economics

Volumn 145, Issue , 2018, Pages 430-440

  Duro, Juan Antonio ^a   Schaffartzik, Anke ^b   Krausmann, Fridolin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EQUITY; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE USE;

EID: 85035341772     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.11.029     Document Type: Article

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