Regional sustainability in Northern Australia -A quantitative assessment of social, economic and environmental impacts

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1877-1882

  Wood, Richard ^a,b,c   Garnett, Stephen ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Indicators; Indigenous; Sustainability; Triple bottom line

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955556578     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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