Rapid assessment of sustainability in Mainland China

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1021-1031

  Sun, Liying ^a,b   Ni, Jinren ^b   Borthwick, Alistair G L ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mainland China; Rapid assessment; Sensitivity analysis; Sustainable development index

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ZONATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ZONATION;

CHINA;

EID: 77949484767     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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