Using environmental accounts to promote sustainable development: Experience in southern Africa

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-31

  Lange, Glenn Marie ^a   Hassan, Rashid ^b   Alfieri, Alessandra ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental accounting; Forest economics; Mineral economics; Natural resource management; Water economics; Wealth

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FISHERIES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BOTSWANA; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0037321706     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.00037     Document Type: Article

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