Categorising tools for sustainability assessment

Ecological Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 498-508

  Ness, Barry ^a,b   Urbel Piirsalu, Evelin ^a,b,c   Anderberg, Stefan ^c   Olsson, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Flow assessments; Impact assessment; Indicators; Integrated assessment; Sustainability assessment; Sustainability science

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33845881457     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.07.023     Document Type: Short Survey

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