Sustainometrics: Measuring sustainability

18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1223-1229

  Todorov, V I ^a,b   Marinova, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Global system; Intelligent information system; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BEST PRACTICES; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; FOOD MILES; HUMAN BEHAVIOURS; MEASURING TOOLS; POLICY DECISIONS; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85086249874     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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