Sustainable development and its indicators: Through a (Planner's) glass darkly

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 409-427

  Briassoulis, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; PLANNING METHOD; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0035021113     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560120046142     Document Type: Article

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