Breaking through the glass ceiling: Who really cares about sustainability indicators?

Local Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 291-309

  Bell, Simon ^a,b   Morse, Stephen ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000672147     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830120073284     Document Type: Article

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