Colouring the socio-economic development into green: I-distance framework for countries’ welfare evaluation

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 617-629

  Išljamović, Sonja ^a   Jeremić, Veljko ^a   Petrović, Nataša ^a   Radojičić, Zoran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Country s welfare; Ecological footprint; Europe; I distance method; Ranking of countries; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930177298     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-014-0012-0     Document Type: Article

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