The concept of weak sustainability
Abstract
This paper surveys the links between growth theory with exhaustible resources and the concept of weak sustainability. It examines the underlying assumptions behind this concept, and questions the usefulness of the weak sustainability index as an indicator of sustainable development.
- Publication:
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Ecological Economics
- Pub Date:
- January 1996
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1996EcoEc..17..147C
- Keywords:
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- Production functions;
- Sustainability;
- Growth theory;
- Exhaustible resources;
- Natural capital