Working with sustainability: Experiences of sustainability processes in Swedish municipalities

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-27

  Keskitalo, E Carina H ^a   Liljenfeldt, Johanna ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aalborg commitments; Local government; Municipality; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Sweden

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AALBORG; DENMARK; NORDJYLLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 84857337979     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2012.01442.x     Document Type: Article

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