Categorising tools for sustainability assessment
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Barry Ness⁎, Evelin Urbel-Piirsalu, Stefan Anderberg, Lennart Olsson Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), PO Box 170, 221 00 Lund, Sweden Department of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University, Sölvegatan 10, Geocentrum I, 223 62 Lund, Sweden Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre, Box 160, 10502 Tallinn, Estonia Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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