Socio-ecological indicators for sustainability

Ecological Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-112

  Azar, Christian ^a   Holmberg, John ^a   Lindgren, Kristian ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Indicators; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INDICATOR SYSTEM; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK;

EID: 0030201255     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8009(96)00028-6     Document Type: Article

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