Dynamic sustainability assessment: The case of Russia in the period of transition (1985-2008)

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2039-2049

  Shmelev, Stanislav E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Environment Europe   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Macro scale; Multi criteria methods; Sustainability assessment; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 80052032540     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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