Sustainability indicators : a scientific assessment

Author(s)

• Hák, Tomáš
• Moldan, Bedřich
• Dahl, Arthur L.
• International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment

Bibliographic Information

Sustainability indicators : a scientific assessment

edited by Tomáš Hák, Bedřich Moldan, Arthur Lyon Dahl

（SCOPE, 67）

Island Press, c2007

• : pbk

Note

"UNEP ; ICSU ; European Environment Agency ; IHDP."

"A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, of the International Council for Science"

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Sustainability Indicators defines the present state of the art in indicator development. It presents a comprehensive assessment of the science behind various indicators, while placing special emphasis on their use as communications tools. The contributors draw on their experience as academics and practitioners to describe the conceptual challenges to measuring something as complex as sustainability at local, regional, national, and global scales.

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Details

• NCID: BA85940733
• ISBN:
  • 9781597261302
  • 9781597261319
• LCCN: 2006035641
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington
• Pages/Volumes: xxvii, 413 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GE140
  • DC22 : 333.7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Environmental indicators
  • LCSH : Sustainable development -- Evaluation
  • LCSH : Environmental monitoring -- Evaluation
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00600089