The sustainomics trans-disciplinary meta-framework for making development more sustainable: Applications to energy issues

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 125-182

  Munasinghe, Mohan ^a  

^a Munasinghe Institute for Development MIND   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Sustainable development; Sustainable energy; Sustainomics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEURISTIC METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; META-FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; SUSTANOMICS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENERGY POLICY; META-ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0141528084     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijsd.2002.002563     Document Type: Article

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