A quantitative approach to determine and evaluate the indicated level and nature of global ecological sustainability

Area

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 197-210

  Phillips, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological sustainability; Environment human systems; Environmental vulnerability index; Global level; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84927719557     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/area.12174     Document Type: Article

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