A perspective on radical transformations to sustainability: resistances, movements and alternatives

Sustainability Science - Tập 13 Số 3 - Trang 747-764 - 2018
Leah Temper1, Mariana Walter1, Iokiñe Rodríguez2, Ashish Kothari3, Ethemcan Turhan4
1Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
2School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
3Kalpavriksh and Vikalp Sangam, Pune, India
4Environmental Humanities Lab, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

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