Development of a multidisciplinary approach to assess regional sustainability

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-56

  Hopton, Matthew E ^a   Cabezas, Heriberto ^a   Campbell, Daniel ^b   Eason, Tarsha ^a   Garmestani, Ahjond S ^a   Heberling, Matthew T ^a   Karunanithi, Arunprakash T ^c   Templeton, Joshua J ^a,d   White, Denis ^e   Zanowick, Marie ^f  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Emergy; Fisher information; Green net regional product; Metrics; Time series

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIME SERIES;

EID: 77951695883     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500903488297     Document Type: Article

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