A framework for quantifying environmental sustainability

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 61, Issue , 2015, Pages 338-345

  Somogyi, Zoltan ^a  

^a Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecological Footprint; Environmental capacity; Indicator; Resource utilization; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL CAPACITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; POLICIES AND MEASURES; QUANTITATIVE FRAMEWORKS; RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84951879264     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.09.034     Document Type: Article

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