Measuring Sustainability Based Upon Various Perspectives: A Case Study of a Hill Station in Southeast Asia

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 943-956

  Estoque, Ronald C ^a   Murayama, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baguio; Hill station; Human environment system; Social ecological system; Sustainable development; Sustainable urbanization

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; MOUNTAIN REGION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

BAGUIO; BENGUET; CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; TIME;

AGRICULTURE; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; PHILIPPINES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84910124622     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0498-7     Document Type: Article

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