Skeletons out of the closet: Effectiveness of conceptual frameworks for communicating sustainable development indicators

Sustainable Development

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 301-313

  Lyytimäki, Jari ^a   Rosenström, Ulla ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conceptual frameworks; Indicators; Reporting; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LITERATURE REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 56749095979     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.330     Document Type: Review

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