An application of a modified ecological footprint method and structural path analysis in a comparative institutional study

Local Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 365-386

  Wood, Richard ^a   Lenzen, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS;

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EID: 0141465013     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830306670     Document Type: Article

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