The Environmental Millennium Development Goal: progress and barriers to its achievement

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-163

  Donat Castelló, Lucas ^a,b   Gil González, Diana ^c   Alvarez Dardet Diaz, Carlos ^b,c   Hernández Aguado, Ildefonso ^a,b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Preventive Medicine   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability; Knowledge; Millennium Development Goals; Progress; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 77649188955     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2009.12.001     Document Type: Review

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