Indicators of sustainability: Challenges and opportunities at the interface of science and policy

Environmental Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 294-305

  McCool, Stephen F ^a   Stankey, George H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Indicators; Policy; Sustainability; Sustainable development criteria

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SUSTAINABLE WORLD;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

POLICY MAKING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY;

DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HUMAN; LOGGING; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; POLICY MAKING; SCIENCE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 2542429376     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0084-4     Document Type: Review

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