Benchmarking sustainability using indicators: An Indian case study

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 928-940

  Kwatra, Swati ^a,b   Kumar, Archna ^b   Sharma, Prateek ^a   Sharma, Sumit ^c   Singhal, Shaleen ^a  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental performance; India; Indicators; Socio economic development; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); PLANNING;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INCOME LEVELS; INDIA; POLICY MEASURES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BENCHMARKING; INCOME; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 84949657044     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.10.049     Document Type: Article

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