A strategic approach to social sustainability - Part 1: exploring the social system

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 140, Issue , 2017, Pages 32-41

  Missimer, Merlina ^a   Robèrt, Karl Henrik ^a   Broman, Göran ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Social sustainability; Social system; Strategic sustainable development; Sustainability principles; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

PLANNING;

COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; COORDINATING FRAMEWORK; OPERATIONAL DEFINITION; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; SOCIAL SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES; SYSTEMS THINKING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84964207192     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.170     Document Type: Article

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