Ecological clusters as a tool of improving the environmental safety in developing countries

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1049-1057

  Popkova, E G ^a   Shakhovskaya, L S ^a   Abramov, S A ^b   Natsubidze, A S ^c  

^a VOLGOGRAD STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Volgograd College of Economics and Technology   (Russian Federation)

^c Moscow State Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

City environment; Developing countries; Ecological cluster; Environmental safety

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VOLGOGRAD [RUSSIAN FEDERATION];

EID: 84978511781     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: 15732975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-015-9685-3     Document Type: Article

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