Defining socio-environmental systems for sustainable development

Ecological Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-258

  Musters, C J M ^a   De Graaf, H J ^a   Ter Keurs, W J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human activities; Organisation; Socio environmental system; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MODELING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0031669485     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(97)00104-3     Document Type: Article

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