Indicators for monitoring sustainable development goals: An application to oceanic development in the European Union

Earth's Future

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 252-267

  Rickels, Wilfried ^a   Dovern, Jonas ^b   Hoffmann, Julia ^c   Quaas, Martin F ^c   Schmidt, Jörn O ^c   Visbeck, Martin ^d  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composite Indicators; Indicator Selection; Ocean; Sustainable Development Goals

Indexed keywords

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; OCEAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PORTUGAL; SLOVENIA;

EID: 85001515988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23284277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016EF000353     Document Type: Article

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