Sustainability Ethics

Nils Ole Oermann; Annika Weinert

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-7242-6_15

Sustainability Ethics

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Sustainability Ethics. / Oermann, Nils Ole ; Weinert, Annika.
Sustainability Science: An Introduction. ed. / Harald Heinrichs; Pim Martens; Gerd Michelsen; Arnim Wiek. Dordrecht: Springer, 2016. p. 175-192.

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Harvard

Oermann, NO & Weinert, A 2016, Sustainability Ethics. in H Heinrichs, P Martens, G Michelsen & A Wiek (eds), Sustainability Science: An Introduction. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 175-192. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7242-6_15

APA

Oermann, N. O., & Weinert, A. (2016). Sustainability Ethics. In H. Heinrichs, P. Martens, G. Michelsen, & A. Wiek (Eds.), Sustainability Science: An Introduction (pp. 175-192). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7242-6_15

Vancouver

Oermann NO , Weinert A. Sustainability Ethics. In Heinrichs H, Martens P, Michelsen G, Wiek A, editors, Sustainability Science: An Introduction. Dordrecht: Springer. 2016. p. 175-192 doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-7242-6_15

Bibtex

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