Measuring environmental evolution using synthetic indicators

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1145-1149

  Mondéjar Jiménez, José ^a   Vargas Vargas, Manuel ^a   Mondéjar Jiménez, Juan Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental evolution; Measurement; Sustainability indicators; Synthetic indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751526941     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2010.148     Document Type: Article

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