Two aspects of consumption: Using an exergy-based measure of degradation to advance the theory and implementation of industrial ecology

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-217

  Connelly, Lloyd ^a   Koshland, Catherine P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cascading; exergy; industrial ecology; recycling; waste management

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MANAGEMENT; RECYCLING;

CASCADING; EXERGY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; ECOLOGY; POLICY; RECYCLING; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031106455     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(96)01180-9     Document Type: Article

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