Limits and targets for a regional sustainability assessment: An interdisciplinary exploration of the threshold concept

Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use Changes

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 405-424

  Bertrand, Nathalie ^a   Jones, Laurence ^b   Hasler, Berit ^c   Omodei Zorini, Luigi ^d   Petit, Sandrine ^e   Contini, Caterina ^d  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

environment; limit; region; socio economy; sustainability assessment; target; threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249142922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78648-1_20     Document Type: Chapter

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