Sustainability Assessment: The Definition Deficit

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 189-211

  Marsden, Greg ^a   Kimble, Mary ^a   Nellthorp, John ^a   Kelly, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METROPOLITAN AREA; PARADIGM SHIFT; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77950535713     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568310902825699     Document Type: Article

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