The environment, sustainable development and human Wellbeing: An overview

Environmental Management, Sustainable Development and Human Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3-11

  Goosen, Mattheus F A ^a   Laboy Nieves, Eddie N ^b   Schaffner, Fred C ^b   Abdelhadi, Ahmad H ^c  

^a ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL TURABO   (Puerto Rico)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

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