BCN 1582 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: United Nations Development Programme, Ecological Footprint, Human Development Index

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Building Construction
• Course: BCN 1582
• Professor: Ravi Shankar Srinivasan

Document Summary

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