National environmental accounting: A practical introduction

International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-66

  Hecht, Joy E ^a  

^a Environmental Economics and Policy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental accounts; Green accounting; Green GDP; National income accounts; SEEA

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347351418     PISSN: 19321465     EISSN: 19321473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/101.00000001     Document Type: Review

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