Measuring environmental degradation by using principal component analysis

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 439-457

  Khatun, Tahmina ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electricity; Environmental degradation; Fuel consumption; GDP per capita; Poverty; Principal component analysis; Sanitation; Total fertility rate; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FERTILITY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INCOME; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 61449197016     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-007-9123-2     Document Type: Article

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