Conceptualising sustainability assessment
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Conceptualising Sustainability Assessment
Sustainability assessment is being increasingly viewed as an important tool to aid in the shift towards sustainability. However, this is a new and evolving concept and there remain very few examples of effective sustainability assessment processes implemented anywhere in the world. Sustainability assessment is often described as a process by which the implications of an initiative on sustainabi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Impact Assessment Review
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0195-9255
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2004.03.001