Resource use rates and efficiency as indicators of regional sustainability: An examination of five countries

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 571-593

  Ko, Jae Young ^a   Hall, Charles A S ^a   López Lemus, Luis G ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS; REGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; REGIONAL PLANNING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSTA RICA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KOREA; MEXICO; NETHERLANDS; POLLUTANT; POPULATION GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY; UNITED STATES;

COSTA RICA; KOREA, (SOUTH); MEXICO; NETHERLANDS; USA;

EID: 0032104611     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006095822024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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