Sustainable development policy: Goals, targets and political cycles

Sustainable Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-29

  Quental, Nuno ^a   Lourenço, Júlia M ^b   Da Silva, Fernando Nunes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Goals; Sustainability; Sustainability science; Sustainable development; Targets

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78751620436     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.416     Document Type: Article

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