Global sustainability: Toward definition

Rebecca J. Brown; Mark Hanson; Diana Liverman; Robert Merideth

doi:10.1007/bf01867238

Keywords

SustainabilityVariety (cybernetics)Context (archaeology)Sustainability organizationsEnvironmental resource managementMaximum sustainable yieldSustainable developmentSocial sustainabilityMeaning (existential)PopulationScale (ratio)EconomicsBusinessEnvironmental ethicsPolitical scienceEcologySociologyGeographyComputer scienceFisheries managementPsychology

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University of Wisconsin–Madison US

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Year: 1987
Type: article
Volume: 11
Issue: 6
Pages: 713-719
Citations: 688
Access: Closed

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                                    Rebecca J. Brown, 
                                
                                    Mark Hanson, 
                                
                                    Diana Liverman
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1987). 
                            Global sustainability: Toward definition. 
                            Environmental Management
                            , 11
                            (6)
                            , 713-719.
                            https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01867238
                        

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DOI: 10.1007/bf01867238