Assessing aquaculture sustainability: A comparative methodology

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 503-511

  Lazard, Jérôme ^a   Rey Valette, Hélène ^b   Aubin, Joël ^c   Mathé, Syndhia ^b   Chia, Eduardo ^c   Caruso, Domenico ^d   Mikolasek, Olivier ^a   Blancheton, Jean Paul ^e   Legendre, Marc ^d   René, François ^e   Levang, Patrice ^d   Slembrouck, Jacques ^d   Morissens, Pierre ^a   Clément, Olivier ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

aquaculture; co construction; indicators; sustainability

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84916886388     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2014.964350     Document Type: Article

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