Sustainable development and happiness in nations

Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 891-897

  Zidanšek, Aleksander ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Happiness; Indicators; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DESIGN STRATEGIES; ECONOMIC SYSTEMS; FUTURE GENERATIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33847143743     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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