Assessing sustainability in a spatial and social context: Some conceptual and empirical challenges

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 369-382

  Toman, Michael ^a   Lile, Ronald ^a   King, Dennis ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; MULTICRITERIA ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033343055     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.1999.002301     Document Type: Article

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