Sustainability Science
- ISBN-10
- 1107005884
- ISBN-13
- 9781107005884
- Series
- Sustainability Science
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 590
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-12-17
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Bert de Vries
Description
Textbook surveys key issues of sustainability - energy, nature, agro-food, resources, economics - for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses.
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- 2023-11-07
- 554 pages
- Ebook
- Elsevier
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