Towards sustainable development through the perspective of eco-efficiency - A systematic literature review

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 165, Issue , 2017, Pages 890-904

  Caiado, Rodrigo Goyannes Gusmão ^a   de Freitas Dias, Raquel ^a   Mattos, Lisiane Veiga ^a   Quelhas, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves ^a   Leal Filho, Waler ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eco efficiency; Indicators; Sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); PLANNING;

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ECO-EFFICIENCY; ECO-EFFICIENCY INDICATORS; KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SOCIAL PERFORMANCE; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85028047266     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.166     Document Type: Review

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