Review of sustainability terms and their definitions

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1875-1885

  Glavič, Peter ^a   Lukman, Rebeka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Classification; Cleaner production; Definitions; Sustainability; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; POLLUTION PREVENTION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 34547778888     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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