Characterizing a sustainability transition: Goals, targets, trends, and driving forces

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 100, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 8068-8073

  Parris, Thomas M ^a   Kates, Robert W ^b  

^a ISciences LLC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOVERNMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUNGER; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GOALS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; HUNGER; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037924468     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1231336100     Document Type: Article

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