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Direct linkAkerman, Maria – Environmental Education Research, 2005
At the time of its introduction at the end of the 1980s, the concept of natural capital represented new, more ecologically aware thinking in economics. As a symbol of novel thinking, the metaphor of natural capital stimulated a debate between different disciplinary traditions on the definitions of the concept and research priorities and methods.…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Sustainable Development, Economics, Natural Resources
