Building a framework for national sustainable development assessment and application for Lithuania: Sustainable in transition

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-130

  Mzavanadze, Nora ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Assessment of sustainable development; Economy in transition; Lithuania; Sustainability assessment; Sustainable development; Sustainable development indicators

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

KOBUS;

EID: 66349093810     PISSN: 14643332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1464333209003233     Document Type: Article

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