A conceptual framework for selecting environmental indicator sets

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-25

  Niemeijer, David ^a   de Groot, Rudolf S ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causal chain; Ecological indicators; Environmental assessment; Environmental indicators; Indicator selection

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PUBLIC POLICY;

CAUSAL CHAIN; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; INDICATOR SELECTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 35148890822     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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