Developing statewide indices of environmental, economic, and social sustainability: A look at Oregon and the Oregon Benchmarks

Local Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 641-660

  Schlossberg, Marc ^a   Zimmerman, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SUSTAINABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347024976     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354983032000152743     Document Type: Article

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