The effects of environmental and social dimensions of sustainability in response to the economic crisis of European cities

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 8255-8269

  Nevado Peña, Domingo ^a   López Ruiz, Víctor Raúl ^a   Alfaro Navarro, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental dimension; European cities; Indicators; Intellectual capital; Social dimension; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84941904067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7078255     Document Type: Article

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