An eco-efficiency-based urban sustainability assessment method and its application

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 356-361

  Lin, Jianyi ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Cui, Shenghui ^a   Wei, Xiaohua ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

city; eco efficiency; ecological footprint; human development index; sustainability; Xiamen

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; POLICY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN SITE;

CHINA; FUJIAN; XIAMEN;

EID: 77954914402     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2010.493070     Document Type: Article

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