Environment and sustainable development indicators in Lebanon: A practical municipal level approach

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 771-777

  Nader, Manal R ^a   Salloum, Bachir Abi ^a   Karam, Nadim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Environment and sustainable development indicators; Lebanon; Local level; Municipalities

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH CARE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS; MUNICIPALITIES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 40749106234     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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