Indicators and Indices of Environmental Quality for Sustainability Assessment in Coastal Areas; Application to Case Studies in Europe and the Americas

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 919-933

  Cendrero, Antonio ^a   Francés, Enrique ^a   Del Corral, David ^a   Fermán, José Luis ^c   Fischer, David ^c   Del Río, Luis ^b   Camino, Mariana ^b   López, Adriana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNMdP CIC)   (Argentina)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Coastal areas; Environmental assessment; Environmental indicators; Environmental monitoring; Environmental quality

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INDEX METHOD; SUSTAINABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0344153793     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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