Designing Resilient, Sustainable Systems

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 5330-5339

  Fiksel, Joseph ^a  

^a Eco Nomics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE; MATERIALS; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345060415     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0344819     Document Type: Article

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