Data needs for sustainable decision making

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-113

  McLaren, Andrew R ^a,b   Simonovic, Slobodan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Natural Resources Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Decision making; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SUSTAINABILITY;

CANADA;

EID: 0032870111     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509909469999     Document Type: Article

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