Evaluating the sustainability of complex socio-environmental systems. The MESMIS framework
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- Authors
- López-Ridaura, S.
- Venue
- Ecological Indicators
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-11
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 135-148
- ISSN
- 1470-160X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2102725678
- Cited by
- 442
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 13.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.wur.nl
- Locations
- Ecological Indicators (publishedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Keywords
- MESMIS framework, sustainability assessment, socio-environmental systems, natural resource management, sustainability indicators, multi-criteria decision making, participatory evaluation, sustainable development
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