Environmental capacity of a small island state: Planning for sustainable development in Malta

Town Planning Review

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-94

  Camilleri, Marguerite ^a  

^a Malta Environment/Planning Authority   (Malta)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; SMALL ISLAND STATE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MALTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2942637565     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.75.1.4     Document Type: Article

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