Demonstrating a correlation between infrastructure and national development

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 197-202

  Amador Jimenez, Luis ^a   Willis, Christopher J ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

correlation; human development; indices; infrastructure; national development

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DATABASE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; NATIONAL PLANNING; PAVEMENT; PORT DEVELOPMENT; SHIPPING; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD BANK;

EID: 84861451792     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2011.644639     Document Type: Article

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