Sustainability Science for Strong Sustainability
- ISBN-10
- 1783474564
- ISBN-13
- 9781783474561
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-09-26
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing
- Author
- Tom Dedeurwaerdere
Description
øThe dynamism of science has been catalytic for human prosperity in recent history. Conventional perspectives of the ivory tower model of modern science are, however, rivalled by the failure of humanity to tackle global crises of an economic, environme
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