An alternative definition of sustainable development using stability and chaos theories

Sustainable Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-71

  Rassafi, Amir Abbas ^a   Poorzahedy, Hossain ^b   Vaziri, Manouchehr ^b  

^a International University   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Dynamic interaction; Measurement; Modelling; Policy making; Sensitivity analysis; Stability theory; Transport

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33344457151     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.268     Document Type: Review

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