Assessing viability and sustainability: A systems-based approach for deriving comprehensive indicator sets

Ecology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Bossel, Hartmut ^a  

^a Sustainable Systems Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indicators of sustainability; Integrated natural resources management; Orientors; Performance indicators; Sustainability assessment; Systems approach; Viability

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249147755     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00332-050212     Document Type: Article

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