Choice of index determines the relationship between corruption and environmental sustainability

Ecology and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Ewers, Robert M ^a   Smith, Robert J ^b  

^a Institute of Zoology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption perception index; Ecological footprint; Environmental sustainability index; ESI; GDP; Gross domestic product

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447323286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01950-1201r02     Document Type: Note

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