Sustainability indicators as a communicative tool: Building bridges in Pennsylvania

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 179-191

  Beratan, Kathi K ^a   Kabala, Stanley J ^b   Loveless, Shirley M ^c   Martin, Paula J S ^d   Spyke, Nancy P ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Indicators; Institutional development; Pennsylvania; Resilience; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; NATURAL RESOURCES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NATURAL SYSTEMS;

BRIDGES;

INDICATOR;

CAPACITY BUILDING; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GOVERNMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PENNSYLVANIA; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1942443897     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EMAS.0000016887.95411.77     Document Type: Article

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