Reporting Systems for Sustainability: What Are They Measuring?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-365

  Davidson, Kathryn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Political economy; Reporting; Sustainability; Theoretical framework for sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING SYSTEM; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78649903205     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9634-3     Document Type: Article

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