Sustainable development indicators: A scientific challenge, a democratic issue

Sapiens

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-59

  Boulanger, P M ^a  

^a Institut pour un Développement Durable IDD   (Belgium)

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EID: 77952910475     PISSN: 19933800     EISSN: 19933819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/sapiens-1-59-2008     Document Type: Article

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