Corrections to the human development index and alternative indicators of sustainability

International Journal of Sustainable Society

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-115

  Gorobets, Alexander ^a  

^a SEVASTOPOL STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Corrections; Education; HDI; Health; Human development index; Indicators; Mentality change; Socio ecological problems; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055196677     PISSN: 17562538     EISSN: 17562546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSOC.2011.039916     Document Type: Article

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