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Environmental Security, Sustainability and Policy

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Pages 157-169 | Published online: 19 Aug 2010

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  • Pezzey, 'Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Guide'. Becker et al.-in 'Exploring Uncommon Ground'-also note that intragenerational equity has only recently been considered in Sustainability.
  • Choucri , Nazli . 1999 . “ 'The Political Logic of Sustainability' ” . In Sustainability and the Social Sciences , Edited by: Becker , Egon and Jahn , Thomas . 146 London and New York : Zed Books . The claim that Sustainability is still largely concerned with economic issues is supported by Becker et al., 'Exploring Uncommon Ground', and by Nazli Choucri, who writes, 'For the most part, the interdisciplinarity of sustainability-related concerns is centred on linkages between ecological and economic variables.'
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