Problems and fundamentals of sustainable development indicators

Sustainable Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Mitchell, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0029956688     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1719(199603)4:1<1::aid-sd24>3.0.co;2-n     Document Type: Article

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