Sustainable Cities: A Proposed Environmental Integrity Index (EII) for Decision Making
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Sustainable Cities: A Proposed Environmental Integrity Index (EII) for Decision Making
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Environmental Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2296-665X
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2016.00082