Erratum to "Measuring the biophysical dimension of urban sustainability" [Ecol. Econ. 120C (2015) 153-163] DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.10.010;Measuring the biophysical dimension of urban sustainability

Ecological Economics

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 153-163

  Stossel, Zeev ^a   Kissinger, Meidad ^a   Meir, Avinoam ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Environmental indicators; Environmental policy; Relative and absolute indices; Spatial scales; Urban biophysical sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDEX METHOD; NATURAL RESOURCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; THRESHOLD; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY; WASTE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84945939580     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.01.002     Document Type: Erratum

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