Emergy analysis and indicators of sustainable development applied to tourism in central Italy

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 177-183

  Panzieri, Margherita ^a   Marchettini, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

emergy analysis; environmental performance; sustainability indicators; tourist industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346017343     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2001.001553     Document Type: Article

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