National pathways to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A comparative review of scenario modelling tools

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2016, Pages 199-207

  Allen, Cameron ^a   Metternicht, Graciela ^a   Wiedmann, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Ecological economics; Multi criteria analysis; Scenario modelling; Sustainability science; Sustainable Development Goals

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY; INVENTORY CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCREENING; STRENGTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84991578312     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.09.008     Document Type: Article

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