A proposal for a Composite Index of Environmental Performance (CIEP) for countries

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-188

  García Sánchez, Isabel María ^a   Almeida, Thiago Alexandre Das Neves ^b   Camara, Renata Paes De Barros ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CIEP; DPSEEA; Environmental performance

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CIEP; DPSEEA; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; POPULATION GROWTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COMPOSITE INDEX;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEALTH IMPACT; INDEX METHOD; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84906878019     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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