A critical review of reductionist approaches for assessing the progress towards sustainability

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 286-311

  Gasparatos, Alexandros ^a   El Haram, Mohamed ^a   Horner, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biophysical models; Composite sustainability index; Monetary tools; Reductionism; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOPHYSICAL MODELS; COMPOSITE SUSTAINABILITY INDICES; MONETARY TOOLS; REDUCTIONISMS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS; TOWN PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOPHYSICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INDEX METHOD; MONETARY POLICY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 41749125224     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2007.09.002     Document Type: Review

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