Natural Resources Forum
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Edited By: Mohammad Reza Salamat
Impact Factor: 0.667
ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2011: 70/89 (Environmental Studies); 177/205 (Environmental Sciences)
Online ISSN: 1477-8947
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MAY 2013
Special issue on tourism
FEBRUARY 2012
Special issue on institutions for sustainable development
AUGUST 2011
Special issue on green economy and sustainable development
NOVEMBER 2010
Special Issue on Transport
FEBRUARY 2010
Special issue on Sustainable Consumption and Production
NOVEMBER 2009
Special Issue on Climate Change and Development
AUGUST 2009
Featuring articles on small-scale mining, water-point management, and sustainable agriculture practices, foreign direct investment in Africa and technology transfers for climate change.
Editor's Choice
Cities vs. agriculture: A review of intersectoral water re-allocation
Francois Molle, Jeremy Berkoff
Adoption of sustainable agriculture practices: Evidence from a semi-arid region of Ethiopia
Menale Kassie, Precious Zikhali, Kebede Manjur, Sue Edwards
Climate and development economics: Balancing science, politics and equity
Elizabeth A. Stanton, Frank Ackerman
Shellfish aquaculture and First Nations' sovereignty: The quest for sustainable development in contested sea space
Alyssa L. Joyce, Terre A. Satterfield
Green procurement in the Asian public sector and the Hong Kong private sector
Linda W.P. Ho, Nicholas M. Dickinson, Gilbert Y.S. Chan
Sustainable consumption and production: Trends, challenges and options for the Asia-Pacific region
Wei Zhao, Patrick Schroeder
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Special Issue on Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States
This special issue will focus on possible policy responses to addressing the vulnerability and responding to the development needs of SIDS for the February 2014 issue.
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A New series on the themes of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development at its 20th and 21st sessions, over the 2012-2014 period
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