Environmental assessment tools

Handbook of Sustainability Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 441-471

  Ding, Grace K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84986634249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789814354820_0021     Document Type: Chapter

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